Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

Inspired design

On the move

A Vt. architect reimagines a Lake Dunmore camp dwelling. See Home Improvement, Section C.

The Panther field hockey team looked to be hitting its stride in three recent wins. See Page 1B.

The Big 5-O Psych-pop juggernaut Madaila will perform at a United Way birthday party. See Arts+Leisure.

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City taking on sewer overflows Efforts ongoing as costly stormwater fix looms Editor’s note: This is the second of a issues Vergennes is dealing with — two-part series. Part 1 described how including aging infrastructure such as stormwater infiltration from a variety deteriorating clay sewer mains.

City Manager Mel Hawley said of sources into the city’s wastewater collection system can outstrip the identifying the size of the overflows was a major step. ability of a pump station “You can’t solve on Macdonough Drive to a problem until you handle sudden surges in understand the problem,” flow. he said.

By ANDY KIRKALDY Hawley is VERGENNES — recommending that Vergennes is confronted Vergennes seek an $8,000 with a problem planning grant to pay for facing many Vermont an engineer to study how municipalities — how the Macdonough Drive to stop untreated waste station can operate more from overwhelming efficiently. If the city does city systems during not win the grant, he said rainstorms.

HAWLEY he would look to another Although a recent funding source.

EPA study showed that “I would like to focus on the only 2 percent of Lake Champlain’s phosphorus intake from the Otter Macdonough Drive pump station,” Creek watershed can be traced to Hawley said. “It’s critical.”

He said if the station’s capacity municipal treatment plants, including Vergennes’, no one wants to see more could be improved it could handle events like the 332,000 gallons of stormwater surges before a bigger wastewater that overflowed from the fix to the whole system is completed.

“Those 108,000 gallons over city plant and into Otter Creek over a six-hour period probably could two days in this past February.

A story in the Sept. 28 Independent have made it over to the plant,” examined some of the wastewater (See City sewer, Page 11A)

VERMONT AGENCY OF Agriculture hemp program chief Timothy Schmalz, left, Vermont Hemp Company CEO Joel Bedard and local farmer Sam Berthiaume stand in a field of hemp being grown in Middlebury by Berthiaume and his cousin Joel Pomainville.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Vermont’s next big crop: Hemp?

Middlebury farmers on cutting edge

By GAEN MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY — While lawmakers in Montpelier argue over marijuana legalization, Middlebury dairy farmers Joel Pomainville and Sam Berthiaume are readying harvest of a cousin of marijuana — hemp — that promoters hope could be a new cash crop for Vermont farmers.

“The potential is so huge on this stuff,” said Berthiaume.

Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts, who toured Pomainville and Berthiaume’s 13 acres of hemp on Monday morning, said hemp could be a supplement crop for Vermont’s dairy farmers, like maple syrup.

“Some dairy farms have another cash crop like maple syrup and it adds a little bit of extra income for them,” he said.

“So I’m wondering if possibly

along in wondering if Vermont could grab a piece of that pie.

“Why not us?” asks Vermont dairy farmers or other landowners could squirrel away a couple of Hemp Company CEO Joel Bedard.

At current prices farmers can get dozen acres and be involved in around $1 a pound this.” for hemp grain, and Hemp Business an acre of hemp Journal put U.S. yields about 2,000 sales of industrial pounds, Bedard hemp-based said. products at $688 Interest in million for 2016. growing hemp The publication has accelerated expects to see sales amongst Vermont of over $1.2 billion farmers. In 2014, by 2018. The raw nine farmers materials fueling registered their those sales — intent to plant a total hemp grain, stalks, of 17 acres. This leaves and flowers year, 91 farmers — are mostly registered the imported from intent to plant 562 other countries.

VERMONT SECRETARY T e b b e t t s , OF AGRICULTURE Anson acres, according to Berthiaume and Tebbetts examines a hemp Tim Schmalz, who Pomainville aren’t plant in a Middlebury field. heads the Vermont

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets’ hemp program.

Federal law in 2014 separated industrial hemp from its cousin, marijuana.

Industrial hemp must by definition contain less than 0.3 percent of the THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) that gives marijuana its euphoric punch.

Bottom line: hemp doesn’t get you high.

Hemp can be used for a staggering variety of food, personal care, medicinal and industrial products.

Seeds can be used for cold-pressed oil, non-dairy products similar to soy milk and nondairy yogurts and cheeses, or eaten whole. Seeds can also be used in paints, wood sealer and biofuels. Stalks can become textiles, paper, a variety of building materials, plastics, and animal bedding. Flowers can be processed for their cannabinoids, which can be used in supplements and personal (See Hemp, Page 15A)

WomenSafe seeking new digs

Nonprofit working on fundraising drive to expand offerings

CENTER DIRECTOR RYAN Krushenick sits amidst some of the things that make The Hub in Bristol such a welcoming place for teens — a drum kit, colorful walls and cozy furniture. Bristol Recreation Director Darla Senecal says that Krushenick’s big heart and way with teens are also important components.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — WomenSafe, a Middlebury-based nonprofit that helps area victims of domestic abuse, is in the middle of a $1.2 million fund drive to purchase and

fix its new headquarters, create two transitional apartments for clients and expand its acclaimed violenceprevention programs throughout Addison County schools.

It is the most ambitious fundraising

effort in the 32-year history of WomenSafe, incorporated in 1982 as the Addison County Battered Women’s Project. The organization was known as “Women In Crisis” (See WomenSafe, Page 12A)

Independent photo/Gaen Murphree

Bristol Hub gives area teens a place to belong

By GAEN MURPHREE who don’t fall into that traditional BRISTOL — Tucked behind the afterschool teen who is going to play American Legion headquarters and a sport, who’s going to get involved in the Sodbusters horseshoe courts near every club. The Hub’s a place where the Bristol Recreation you can just hang out. You Park stands a squat purple can just be a kid.” building that is home of “If you Ryan Krushenick, the The Hub, Bristol’s Teen look at this 33-year-old Hub director Center and Skate Park. place, there who’s been at the teen Nondescript looking from is nothing center for close to 10 years, the outside, inside this says The Hub appeals to former bingo pavilion is a whitebread kids because it is designed place of noise, bustle and about it,” for them.

— Ryan transformation. It’s a place “If you look at this place, Krushenick there is nothing whitebread where any teen can walk in the door and belong. about it,” he said. “If you “There aren’t a lot of were 13 or 14 and you had places that open their arms to kids as your ultimate tree fort, what would be widely as The Hub does,” said Bristol in it? Well, you’d have a skate ramp, Recreation Director Darla Senecal. you would have music instruments, “The Hub fills a niche for those kids (See The Hub, Page 13A)

By the way Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes has teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes to host “Small City Prints Big,” a special large-scale printmaking project for the community inspired by steamroller printing of artists in Burlington.

The gallery at 214 Main St. this weekend will host workshops for artists and community members who would like to create large-scale woodblocks for printing. These workshops will take place from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8. They are offered in conjunction with Vermont Arts Council grant-funded work (See By the way, Page 12A)

Index Obituaries................................. 6A Classifieds.......................... 5B-9B Service Directory............... 6B-7B Entertainment.........Arts + Leisure Community Calendar......... 8A-9A Arts Calendar.........Arts + Leisure Sports................................. 1B-4B KERRI DUQUETTE-HOFFMAN, left, executive director of WomenSafe, and Amy Mason, chair of the WomenSafe board, stand in the organization’s new headquarters. WomenSafe is in the middle of a $1.2 million fund drive to purchase and renovate the new headquarters, create two transitional apartments for clients and expand programs.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

PAGE 2A — Addison Independent, Thursday, October 5, 2017

Music school thrives in historic building

Calls Middlebury Community House home

By JOHN FLOWERS to 6 p.m., according to Brightman.

MIDDLEBURY — The historic Center hours run around 8 a.m. to Middlebury Community House has 8 p.m. long been admired as an aesthetic When Brightman opened the jewel nestled into its Main Street MCMC, she asked for use of around perch at the downtown gateway. At half of the community house. the tender age of 200, the community By the end of its first year, the house is particularly fetching when school was occupying the entire its Federal-style features — includ- building. ing lustrous white wooden balusIncredibly, the MCMC now has trade and four rising chimneys — are 24 teachers serving around 250 stubathed in sunlight. dents.

Though resplendent in its beauty, Some of the instructors — like the community house has largely Brightman — are Middlebury Colbeen a silent witness to the histo- lege faculty members. Others are ry that has unfolded in front of its scattered throughout the county, doorsteps. Erected as with resumés that ina family home in 1817 clude orchestral work.

“Our growth and then donated to the All of the instructors town of Middlebury by has really been are considered MCMC the Stewart family back driven by the faculty. They conduct in 1932, the stately needs of the private lessons with instructure has opened its community, dividual students and doors only sporadically and that’s been also help teach a series for occasional funcof MCMC offerings. an incredible tions.

Brightman attributes Until relatively re- thing to see. much of the success of I started this cently. the school to the quality The community school sensing of its teachers. house now reverber- there was a “There’s a network of ates with the delightestablished teachers and need, and the ful dueling sounds of new teachers who have guitar, piano, percus- last couple of helped define who we sion, voice and even years have are,” she said. ukulele — all cour- shown us that Brightman gave partesy of the students was definitely ticular thanks to Midand teachers who are the case.” dlebury College Prespart of the thriving — Sadie ident Laurie Patton, Middlebury ComBrightman who agreed to delegate munity Music Cena paid student intern to ter (MCMC). Sadie the MCMC. That intern Brightman, an accomplished pia- helps with administrative chores, nist in her own right, founded the events scheduling and many other school at the community house in tasks, all of which help the center 2013 believing local music instruc- hit all the right notes. tors and their students had been The center has become a hub for yearning for a nice venue in which creativity, drawing music lovers to march to their own tune. from infants to seniors. Their efforts She was right. carry from room to room, and that’s Four years after planting the seed, fine with MCMC leaders.

Brightman has seen the MCMC “We hear each other,” Brightman become firmly planted at the com- said. “We consider it the ‘happy munity house. It has become so suc- hum’ of the music school. It’s just cessful that it has branched out into so part of the culture (for a music space at the nearby Aurora Learning school) that you walk by and hear Center on Peterson Terrace. so many other instruments going “It’s going really well,” Bright- on. I’ve had that be such a benefit in man said. “Our growth has real- teaching. I’ve had my students stop, ly been driven by the needs of the or come in and say, ‘I heard this recommunity, and that’s been an in- ally cool sounding song. Can I play credible thing to see. I started this it?’” school sensing there was a need, and Area music lovers can get a free the last couple of years have shown sampling of MCMC students’ talus that was definitely the case.” ents every second Wednesday of Seven days a week, MCMC stu- the month, at 6 p.m. That’s when dents and teachers tote instruments students perform short musical seof all sizes through the community lections. house doors, filing past a wonderHaving a bunch of students and ful array of antique furnishings and teachers together in one place proadornments that provide an idyllic vides for a symphonic exchange of backdrop for the classical music se- ideas. It has also led to musical partlections permeating the halls. nerships.

The MCC contains six teaching “It’s a positive environment to studios that are often filled during work in,” Brightman said. the “prime time” hours of 3 p.m.

Students can learn together in a

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY MUSIC Center founder and Executive Director Sadie Brightman is pleased with how MCMC has grown since it took root in the Middlebury Community House four years ago. The MCMC has a roster of 24 music teachers and around 250 students.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY MUSIC Center instructor Stefanie Taylor gives a viola lesson to Susan Jefferies in the Middlebury Community House. MCMC has seen great success since opening four years ago.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

variety of center programs that include group voice class, chorus, acoustic music ensemble, group piano for adults and jazz improvisation, to name a few.

No one is too young to develop an affinity for music, MCMC officials believe. With that in mind, MCMC offers a program called “Music Together,” designed for children from birth to kindergarten age. Participants and their parents or caregivers

gather for bonding and play amid the sweet strains of music.

And the MCMC has been taking “Music Together” on the road, to two area child care centers — Mary Johnson in Middlebury and the New Leaf Montessori in Leicester.

“Sometimes they coo on pitch,” Brightman said of some of the youngest Music Together students.

The MCMC has had a relationship with the Aurora School for the

past couple of years. The former private school — which closed this summer amid declining enrollments — used to send two piano students per semester to the MCMC. Aurora has since remade itself as a learning center, and MCMC teachers will now be able to do some instruction there. Specifically, the center will offer a Music Discoveries class for preschoolers and the “Allegro Chorus” for kids.

“It is suited to kids, has parking, and is close to the center of town,” Brightman said the Aurora campus.

The MCMC is also launching a new “Outreach Orchestra Project” at Bristol Elementary School. Open to children in grades 3 through 8 from the five-town area, the orchestra project will be led by bassist Ron White. Log on to mcmcvt.org for more details on all of the MCMS’s offerings.

Some of these younger students might become future MCMC learners, wanting to become proficient at an instrument simply for their own enjoyment. Others might choose a career in music, as is the case with several current MCMC enrollees.

Celebrated flutist Karen Kevra of Cornwall is among the teachers who make regular pilgrimages to the MCMS to help students get the most out of their musical talents.

Kevra is the creative force behind the Capital City Concerts that annually offer top-notch classical music to audiences in Middlebury and Montpelier.

Kevra’s arrival in Middlebury coincided with the opening of the MCMC, and she’s pleased to see it flourish.

“The space works surprisingly well,” said Kevra, who teaches aspiring flutists. “It’s basically a cool, old house. The spaces are large, open and sunny. You get a sense that others are working on music with you and around you.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Rabies confirmed in skunk in Leicester; residents suspect second case

By LEE J. KAHRS LEICESTER — The only reported case of rabies in Leicester this year was on Ferson Road, but one resident said she dealt with two rabid skunks there this summer.

Linda Moore said Monday that one of her sons, Brian Moore, shot and killed a skunk that was chasing his dog at his neighboring Ferson Road home on Aug. 28. She said the skunk was tested by the Vermont Department of Health and

confirmed rabid.

But two days before that incident, she said she’s sure she had a rabid skunk on her own property nearby as well.

“We definitely think it was rabid because it was running down the driveway in broad daylight,” Moore said. “And then, it started jumping at the chicken cage.”

Moore said her son grabbed his .22 rifle and went outside to confront the skunk.

“The skunk saw my son and it started coming toward him, and he shot it,” Moore said. “He got it with the first shot, but put a few more in it just to make sure it was dead.”

She said they buried the skunk in the woods, so it was never officially tested for rabies.

Two days later on Aug. 28, Moore said her son Brian shot a skunk that had sprayed his dog and was chasing it around the yard at his Ferson Road home. That skunk was test-

ed by the state, and Department of Health confirmed it was rabid.

Towns across Vermont have reported cases of rabies each year, and the Department of Health website lists reported rabies cases by town going back to 2006.

Only a few cases of rabies have been reported in Leicester. A rabid cat was confirmed in 2006, and there wasn’t a case reported again until July 2015 when another rabid cat was confirmed.

There have been 6 cases of rabies reported in Addison County so far this year. In addition to the Sept. 19 skunk in Leicester, confirmed cases were Shoreham, raccoon, March 5; Bristol, red fox, March 6; Panton, raccoon, April 20; Ferrisburgh, raccoon, April 25; and Ferrisburgh, gray fox, Aug. 4.

Animals most often reported as contracting confirmed rabies include skunks, raccoons, foxes, woodchucks, bats, and cats. The

occasional cow, horse or sheep have also been known to contract rabies.

To report a rabid animal or for any other rabies-related issues, call the Vermont Health Department Rabies Contact Number, 1-800-640-4374 (Vermont only) or 802-863-7240.

For more information on reported cases, treatment and other information, go to healthvermont.gov/ disease-control/zoonotic-diseases/ rabies.

Addison Independent, Thursday, October 5, 2017 — PAGE 3A

OK of truck depot in Ferrisburgh appealed

Board backs Tuppers Crossing project

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — Neighbors of a proposed Tuppers Crossing truck depot confirmed on Wednesday they are appealing the Ferrisburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment’s Sept. 6 approval — with conditions — of a project proposed by the DeVos family trucking business.

Route 7 residents Aubrey Choquette said he and fellow Route 7 homeowner Ken Villeneuve are joining with neighbors David Pierson and Jane Melrose on a “group appeal” to Vermont Environmental Court.

During public hearings this summer the four argued the move of the trucking business — in the form of an 8,000-square-foot building on 9 acres with a parking lot — would be inappropriate for the neighborhood.

Choquette on Tuesday emailed to the Independent a statement that he said was on behalf of all four that stated they were “very disappointed” with the ZBA decision, including the board’s failure to take into account the fire hazard they believe empty petroleum tankers pose: “In our opinion, the conditions attached to this approval do not adequately protect neighboring residences. We feel that the ZBA did not take seriously the hazards and risks associated with the Class 3 hazardous materials (petroleum) tanker trucks that will be parked and operating on a site that is directly adjacent to residences.

“We also feel that the noise, lighting and oversized scale of the project will have an adverse effect on the character of the neighborhood and will negatively affect our quality of life and our property values. In our opinion, the ZBA ignored Ferrisburgh Zoning Bylaws requirements that provide clear standards for development and that are designed to protect neighbors from hazardous and adverse effects.”

The statement concluded that the neighbors will continue to seek a resolution with the DeVos family, which now operates the trucking business on Kimball Brook Farm, an organic farm concern, further north in Ferrisburgh on Greenbush Road.

“While appealing the decision, we are hoping to engage with the DeVoses to help facilitate a more appropriate siting of the project,” the statement said.

The zoning board unanimously granted a permit to JSCL LLC in what is an industrial zone, although with a number of conditions designed to address neighbor concerns. Truck depot is a permitted conditional use in that zone.

Trucking company co-owner John DeVos said overall he was pleased with the outcome, but had concerns about the condition that limited the depot’s operating hours to 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“We’re probably going to argue one condition, and that’s the hours of operation,” DeVos said. “I don’t want to say a whole lot because the

board’s been good to me.”

DeVos said on Tuesday before he knew for certain the appeal would be filed that he was not 100 percent sure whether he would challenge that provision of the approval.

“We have talked to our attorney about that, and he has not yet gotten back to us about that,” DeVos said.

“But he says there are some ways we can approach this.”

But DeVos also said on Tuesday that if neighbors did appeal to Environmental Court, that judicial setting would allow a possible permit amendment without a direct challenge to the town.

“If it goes to Environmental Court, as my lawyer indicated, those changes can be made a lot easier than if you appeal to the town,” DeVos said.

DeVos said the condition is a problem because at times his drivers have to deliver by 5 or 6 a.m.

“When we get our orders the previous day and it says 5 o’clock delivery in Burlington or 6 o’clock delivery in Burlington you can’t start at 5 o’clock and do that,” he said.

Also, at times his drivers leave earlier in the morning to avoid bad incoming winter weather. DeVos also said doing so has not posed a problem in the business’s current location.

“For the 35 years I’ve been doing this we’ve always had the option to pick and choose when to leave because of weather,” DeVos said. “Our particular neighbors right here have never complained about it.”

The DeVos truck depot was first proposed for Tuppers Crossing in 2016 and was the subject of ZBA hearings in June, July and August this year. The DeVos family intends to build the 8,000-square-foot building for performing some repairs on as well as routine maintenance for the trucks, which often haul petroleum products.

Plans call for one full-time and six part-time employees, an outdoor truck-wash area, parking for nine trucks and employees’ vehicles on the west side, an above-ground fuel tank for refueling trucks, security fencing, trees planted both to the east and west of the building, and a berm on the east side.

The lot owned by the DeVos family is at the northern end of the Industrial zone, east of railroad tracks that run parallel to and just west of Route 7. The 9 acres run north from Tuppers Crossing, a short road that connects Route 7 with Botsford Road to the west. There are homes in the area, some close to the site.

The ZBA imposed conditions that were intended to make the project meet Ferrisburgh standards that projects should not have an adverse impact on a neighborhood, that sound not exceed 70 decibels at the property line, that lighting should not be “a nuisance to other property owners,” and no “fire, explosive or safety hazard” will be allowed that “sig(See Ferrisburgh, Page 7A)

CLARIFICATION: Catherine Braun of Ripton objected to the headline we put above her letter to the editor, which ran in the Sept. 28 edition of the Independent. She said it did not capture the intent of what she was writing about. She much preferred the headline that we ran with the letter on addisonindependent.com, which was “Middlebury

‘losing its way’ on library project.”

We hope readers and letter writers understand the challenge we face for the print edition when writing a headline that is constrained by the space available on the printed page.

We apologize for instances such as this when we miss the mark and don’t capture the intent of the letter when we write the headline.

Workout warriors

FOUR ADDISON COUNTY residents joined under the Team PatriWODic banner to finish third among 14 teams at the 2017 Vermonster CrossFit Competition, held in Barre on Sept. 23. The team, pictured on the right above, consisted of (left to right) Steven Beckwith, Liz Sabourin, Alicia Prime and Ryan Francoeur. The competition consisted of four different team events, one that required the quartets to pull a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck up an incline. See a video of the truck pull online at addisonindependent.com.

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Fed up with lax gun laws?

‘There is only one remedy...’

Thoughts of how to impose some aspects of restraint over America’s abhorrent gun laws has to be on the minds of all Americans since Sunday’s deadly assault in Las Vegas that killed 59 and wounded more than 500 country music fans attending an outdoor concert.

New to this particular assault was the use of bump stocks and other accessories that allowed the semi-automatic weapons to reach fully-automatic rates of fire. Under the current National Firearms Act, the sale, manufacture and transfer of automatic weapons is illegal. Semi-automatic rifles typically have a rate of fire between 45 and 60 rounds per minute. A bump stock, or other similar device, increases the semi-automatic rifle’s rate of fire to between 400 and 800 rounds per minute. That’s the set-up that allowed Stephan Paddock, the 63-year-old millionaire gambler, to terrorize festival-goers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel for roughly 10 minutes. Such a hailstorm of bullets — potentially several thousand — reaffirms the one thing gun-safety proponents have been saying for years: that semi-automatic weapons and accessories are made for one purpose: to kill people — lots of them in as quick a manner as possible, and that their sale should be prohibited.

That this country allows such policies to exist, mainly out of fear of bucking the National Rifle Association, shows a shocking disregard for public safety, the majority will, and common-sense.

And yet, President Trump initially deferred talking about gun control measures until a more appropriate time; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, repeated the standard line from Republicans after each mass shooting that to talk about gun control laws politicizes the tragedy; and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said he would not be bringing up gun control measures anytime soon. Later, of course, never comes, and those congressmen and women (mainly Republicans, but also some Democrats) line up for NRA money and its political support at the next election.

Yes, Paddock was a sick man, and what he did was demented; but America’s gun laws are sick as well, and congressional support of them, and their unwillingness to take even the most common-sense measures, is also demented.

The nation’s lax gun laws are the problem, and solutions are not that hard to implement if only the Republican Party would get off its knees and stand up to the NRA. Will it? We reviewed numerous commentaries written over the past few days. Here are three perspectives: ******** Late night television comedy show host Jimmy Kimmel, along with others, made an impassioned plea for Americans to press their congressional leaders to action. The 10-minute monologue was seen and shared by millions. The transcript is worthy of a quick read.

Political pundits and editorial writers across the country filled hundreds of pages with commentaries — most exasperated by Congress’s inability to move toward any sensible legislation. Most of the more than two dozen we read were cynical about significant progress, such as this comment by Steve Israel, former Democratic representative from Long Island, NY: “In the wake of one the deadliest mass shootings in our nation’s history, perhaps the most asked question by Americans is: “Will anything change?’ The simple answer is no. The more vital question is, ‘Why not?’

“Congress is already doing what it sees as its part. Flags have been lowered, thoughts and prayers tweeted… It’s how they responded to other mass shootings in Columbine, Herkimer, Tucson, Santa Monica, Hialeah, Terrell, Alturas, Killeen, Isla Vista, Marysville, Chapel Hill, Tyrone, Waco, Charleston, Chattanooga, Lafayette, Roanoke, Roseburg, Colorado Springs, San Bernardino, Birmingham, Fort Hood and Aurora, at Virginia Tech, the Washington Navy Yard, and the congressional baseball game practice, to name too many.”

Yet, Israel said, nothing has been done. Why the inability to act? Israel cites three reasons: “First, just like everything else in Washington, the gun lobby has become more polarized. The National Rifle Association, once a supporter of sensible gun-safety measures, is now forced to oppose them because of competing organizations.

More moderation means less market share. The gun lobby is in a race to see who can become more brazen, more extreme.

“Second, congressional redistricting has pulled Republicans so far to the right that anything less than total subservience to the gun lobby is viewed as supporting gun confiscation. The gun lobby score is a litmus test with zero margin for error.

“Third, the problem is you, the reader. You’ve become inoculated. You’ll read this essay and others like it, and turn the page or click another link. You’ll watch or listen to the news and shake your head, then flip to another channel or another app. This horrific event will recede into our collective memory.”

********** Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn, who was a congressman for Newtown, Conn., when a gunman killed 20 children and six educators in the Sandy Hook Elementary School, reminded Americans in an op-ed column that several solutions are not that controversial among voters:

“First, contrary to the mythology spread by the gun lobby, there is not much real controversy around the first steps we should take to trim rates of gun crime. Large majorities of Americans support universal background checks, permit requirements for gun ownership and bans on the most dangerous kinds of weapons and ammunition. The gun lobby, and the loud vocal minority it echoes, makes the issue seem like more of a hot button than it is. Second, research shows that these interventions work to a stunning degree. In my state of Connecticut, which has expanded background checks and requires issued handgun permits, gun crimes have dropped by 40 percent.”

*********** And New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman opened with the thought that had the Las Vegas gunman been a Muslim or terrorist, the president, Republicans in Congress and every Trump supporter would have sprung to action moments after the shooting with a litany of racist and xenophobic bills to immediately enact into law. That the gunman was a white male, wealthy, probably a conservative and a gun owner (he had 46 in his possession) shut down that predictable right-wing rant into a call for inaction under the guise of not politicizing the incident.

Friedman ended his piece lamenting such hypocrisy, but also with a straightforward assessment of the political struggle ahead:

“What to do?

“Forget about persuading these legislators (bought by the gun lobby.) They are not confused or under-informed. They are either bought or intimidated. Because no honest and decent American lawmaker would look at Las Vegas… today and say, ‘I think the smartest and most prudent thing to do for our kids is to just do nothing.’

“So there is only one remedy: Get power. If you are as fed up as I am, then register someone to vote or run for office yourself or donate money to someone running to replace these cowardly legislators with a majority for common-sense gun laws. This is about raw power, not persuasion. And the first chance we have to change the balance of power is the 2018 mid-term elections. Forget about trying to get anything done before then. Don’t waste your breath. Just get power. Start now.”

Angelo Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

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DECORATIVE GRASS CATCHES the early evening sun on the Middlebury College campus Tuesday.

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Let’s work to make laws just for all Last weekend I joined a whole lot of Middlebury people outside the college art museum, where we were treated to the amazing sight of dancers suspended on ropes, dancing on the vertical wall. The dance troupe, Bandaloop, combines the skills of rock climbing and dance, and creates performances on skyscrapers, bridges, natural cliffs, and historic sites all over the world.

After watching two performances I felt uplifted and buoyant myself. If people can dance on a wall, springing and flipping through the air, maybe anything IS possible! Now my challenge in the weeks, months, and years ahead is to hold that sense of possibility, like a cool lump of clay, and knead it and

By Joanna shape it and form it.

Colwell Our group, Showing Up for Racial Justice, is part of a national effort to get white people to take action against racism. Some of the issues we look at are mass incarceration, unfair disparities in sentencing, unequal access to resources like healthcare and education, and police brutality. At first glance, these seem like intractable social problems, and I would be lying if I told you I never felt hopelessness and despair about these injustices.

But when I pay close attention to what is happening right here in our community, I see where I might be able to take action. Let’s take the example of mass incarceration. You are probably aware that the United States leads the world in the number of citizens incarcerated. For-profit prisons, draconian drug laws, mandatory minimums, and the bail bond industry all contribute to this mass deprivation of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. But did you know that our little state of

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Vermont leads the U.S. in racial disparities: while Black Vermonters make up only 1.2 percent of our state’s population, they account for 10.7 percent of Vermont’s prison population!

I don’t know about you, but I can’t live with this. It is unacceptable to me. I actually know what it is like to be in jail. I spent a week in the Humboldt County Jail in 1990, after being arrested for blocking a logging road to protect a section of Headwaters Forest in Northern California. I took part in this group civil disobedience because I wanted to save a tiny remaining sliver of old growth redwood forest in my home state. I got arrested on purpose and I do not equate the fact that I have spent time in jail with the horrific suffering endured by communities of color.

I am only telling the story to you, gentle readers, in the hope that you will spend some time contemplating what it means that in this beautiful country of ours, we lock up so many men, women, and children. As you read these words, a judge somewhere is sentencing a young person to years behind bars. Can you imagine what it is like to not be able to see your family, taste your favorite foods, play outside?

I support the legalization of cannabis because it is an important step in ending the travesty known as the War on Drugs. When the United States experimented with the prohibition of alcohol, from 1920 to 1933, there were a great many unintended consequences. One of these unintended consequences was the creation of organized crime networks to distribute the hugely profitable, now (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

A better answer for teacher strikes?

Public schools in Burlington were closed for four days last month because of a teachers’ strike. South Burlington teachers have announced plans to strike this week, unless they can reach agreement on a negotiated contract with the school board.

Even though teachers’ strikes are actually quite rare in Vermont (there have only been about 30 strikes since collective bargaining became the rule in the late 1960s), some legislators want to address the issue through passing a new statute. Two legislative Republicans, Rep. Kurt Wright of Burlington and Sen. Joe Benning of the Caledonia district, want the Legislature to outlaw both teachers’ unions going on strike and school boards’ imposing contracts on teachers.

The difficulty with the Wright-Benning legislation is that it includes no mechanisms or incentives for resolving contract disputes. Even after mediation, unions and school boards By Eric L. Davis would need to continue talking until one side finally gives in to the other.

The likely impact of such a proposal would be a higher number of districts where no agreement could be reached, with teachers continuing to work under the terms of prior years’ contracts. Such an outcome would neither contribute to the morale of teaching staffs nor would it allow school boards to focus on issues other than labor contracts, such as the implementation of school consolidation, or plans for needed renovation of school buildings.

Because teacher strikes are infrequent in Vermont, there may be no pressing need for a legislative response.

However, if the Legislature wants to pass a bill that would

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ensure that Vermont students would never lose class days to teachers’ strikes, a model exists in a nearby state.

Since 1979, Connecticut law has required that public school contract disputes that cannot be settled through negotiation and mediation must be resolved by having each side submit its best final offer to binding arbitration. The arbitrator chooses to accept one side’s offer and reject the other, and the accepted offer establishes the terms of the contract.

The argument for binding arbitration as a conflict resolution mechanism is that it forces both sides to submit reasonable final offers, since the arbitrators are limited to choosing from the offers before them. In recent years, approximately 10 percent of expiring teachers’ contracts in Connecticut have not been settled by negotiation or mediation by the statutory deadline (about four months before the local government needs to set its budget and tax rate for the following year), and have gone to arbitration.

The history of arbitrators’ decisions is that 51 percent of the time the arbitrators chose the school board’s last best offer, and 49 percent of the time they chose the union’s last best offer. The fact that the “winners” of arbitration in Connecticut are so evenly divided is generally considered to show that the system is working as intended, with both sides submitting final offers that are considered reasonable and not out of realistic bounds.

The arbitration system in Connecticut does have its critics. They argue, first, that arbitration means the final (See Davis, Page 5A)

As Mr. Lynn recently stated in his editorial regarding school consolidation, many of us who own property are living by the same mantra of take a deep breath, exhale, and repeat when it comes to the looming town-wide property reassessment.

Those of us who have lived in Vermont for decades know, regardless of market realities, property reassessment usually means an increase in assessed value and likely a hike in taxes.

Middlebury would be well advised to take into account the body blow of decades of kicking the can down the road regarding infrastructure issues surrounding the railroad bridges has had on the fragile localvore economy. Businesses are struggling to pay rent and owners are seeing decreased revenue as a direct result. Downtown taxes are already stifling reinvestment in property and several iconic downtown buildings have been put on the market for the first time in decades.

The longstanding time bomb “tax and spend” ethos Middlebury has embraced for so many years has come to its fruition and Middlebury residents and businesses simply cannot bear the tax burden any longer. Over-taxation has time and time again been shown to eventually harm the weakest among us.

I would hope Middlebury will do the right thing and realize that, even taking inflation into account, the value of an average property is lower than it was the last time it was assessed. Yet another tax gouge on residents and businesses will undoubtedly lead to even more for lease or for sale signs in windows, which will only magnify the issue at hand.

Anders Holm Middlebury

Farms generous to HOPE effort Thanks to John Flowers for his recent story on the increase in customers at HOPE’s food shelf, and the fact that farmers had to contend with a late start to the growing season due to cold, wet weather. We’re happy to report that during the late summer conditions have changed and farmers are now having a great harvest. That is a relief to us for a number of reasons. When growing conditions are bad, it’s not just farmers who are impacted, but all of us — growers, retailers, customers, and those who rely on food shelves.

Farm donations to HOPE’s Local Food Access Program have picked up dramatically, and we are incredibly grateful to our local farmers for their great generosity.

Their colorful, fragrant, nutritious fruits and vegetables are available at HOPE, and we also share a large amount with many other charitable food sites. Our customers are also grateful, and we’ve been enjoying talking with them about how to use what they find here.

We look forward to writing an end of season report with the full tally of how much food was donated, where it went, and how it was used. Meanwhile, when you go to pick up your CSA share, stop at a farmers’ market, or select something from your local farm stand, be sure to say an extra special thank you to the farmers for all their work and their great generosity. They make our community a happier, healthier place for all.

Jeanne Montrose HOPE Executive Director Middlebury

Too many issues for legalized pot I support more study on legalizing marijuana in regards to public health.

How will the public be protected from exposure to second- and thirdhand “smoke” from this? After all we are still battling to be protected from cigarette smoke. What of the effects on children and pets in households where people smoke the pot?

How will the public be protected from the drugged drivers? You liken it to alcohol. It does impair judgment. It slows reaction times. And what of fire concerns when they toss the butts, like cigarettes, out their car windows or toss it on the ground as they are walking? After all, how many fires have been caused by cig(See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, October 5, 2017 — PAGE 5A

Education should bolster citizenship With the vitriol that has become a can help students develop the critical constant for us in the media climate skills necessary to engage in a world of 2017, schools have a progressive- that is fractured by distrust.

Education must go beyond reducly critical role in helping our students make sense of the world they live tionist approaches. We must challenge students to think in. In our interconnectcritically, to question and ed digital world, our analyze, and to continustudents are bombarded ally seek understanding by constant acrimony in a world tilted towards and intolerance through increasing polarity. Resocial media and news turning to our mission outlets. In the midst of of preparing students to this intolerance, schools be active citizens in our must reaffirm our comglobal community means mitments to support our providing them with the students in building the tools they’ll need to uncapacity to understand derstand the complexities and providing them with of worldview and how the skills and confidence others see and experience to be active leaders in our the world. And to do this, local and global commuempathy is a critical skill. nities. a 2010 study of nearThere is work under

by Peter Burrows ly In 14,000 college students way throughout the counin the United States, retry to refocus the mission of public education, to lead students searchers found that “empathic conin understanding how democracy cern” had declined by 48 percent and works and how to be an active mem- “perspective taking” had fallen by ber of an increasingly global commu- 34 percent from 1979 to 2009. This nity that is becoming more inflexible is significant, and points to a number and less inclusive. There is a need to of possible factors that have shifted reaffirm the mission of public edu- how our culture views empathy and cation to uphold the ideals of strong its place in our relationships.

In developing empathy, schools citizenry, and to investigate how we

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can help by being sure that students have the opportunity to develop an understanding of themselves and how their worldviews have been shaped through experience, culture, and language. This is not simply transferal of content from a textbook. It takes real structured inquiry and analysis into both established bodies of knowledge and complex problems to develop this understanding. It’s this inquiry that leads to a clearer understanding and acceptance of worldviews different than one’s own, as well as the ability to engage other perspectives that are not inclusive of others.

Public schools should be leading the development of empathy, inquiry, and understanding for our students.

As we pivot off of a modern-day reality that has students wondering where civil discourse resides, the importance of helping them develop empathy and an understanding of difference is critical and central. It has to be a central skill that students leave our schools with to improve their own lives and those of others when they take up the mantle of leadership in the next generation.

Peter Burrows, D.Ed., is superintendent of the Addison Central School District and has more than two decades of experience in education.

Letters to the Editor Pedestrians urged to increase safety by facing traffic There is an ongoing problem both with the “townies” and especially the Middlebury College students. I often pass folks walking or running with their back to the traffic and some even are deaf because of headphones. Many of these walk/ run people are on Weybrige Road, Horse Farm Road, Pearson Road or Routes 30 and 125.

In the late 90s I checked the Vermont stats and found that every pedestrian fatality, as of then, had been hit from behind. Even one in Rutland that was on the sidewalk (Bad luck there).

I read a story in the Washington Post that included research showing that walking on the shoulder of the road against traffic is statistically

much safer than walking or running with your back to traffic; plus it is the law in some states that you have to face traffic. Read the story here: tinyurl.com/y7z4gl2b.

We could all feel better if the word got out and we saved a life even if we never would know it.

John Pratt New Haven

Where is affordability in Vermont care for seniors?

This is in regards to Thursday, September 28th’s article on Vermont seniors benefit from spectrum of services.

In your article by Yvette Shi, the following was written: “The state’s achievement was recognized by Pacesetter Prize for Affordability and Access in August ...” It goes on to say the award was to “honor

states making significant progress in improving long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older adults, people with disabilities and family caregivers.

What I would like to know is where is this affordability you speak of to be found? Where are the supports and services for the disabled to be discovered? Where is

the support for caregivers? Inquiring minds want to know ... Please do not say SASH is one for I joined them only to be told they did not provide services to the disabled and my age bracket makes me too young for senior services/supports and too old for others.

Bonnie Barrows Bristol

and controlled, documented and followed up with, but what of unregulated? What of those who lace their MJ with other more deadly substances?

As you can see there is much more study needed and more assurances needed in regards to the safety and well being of all people and even pet welfare.

One thing I have learned in

Vermont and in all of the places I have lived in, in Vermont ... drugs are everywhere and I have yet to see how my rights are being protected? Shouldn’t I have the right not to breathe in others’ smoke, be it marijuana or cigarettes? Should I not have the right to be safe?

Think before you legalize.

Pambonnie Barrows Bristol

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) arettes? Now toss in MJ smokes.

What of liability? If legalized and anyone can use it, how does the public protect themselves further?

Think about it, for your child’s teacher could be toking, your doctor, surgeon, dentist, and others who may utilize it, which in turn can put the general public at risk?

Medical use can be regulated

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) illegal substance.

In transporting contraband across borders and for long distances, it made sense to traffic in the most concentrated product. So while countless vineyards and breweries were shuttered, the strongest possible proofs of liquor were being distributed through unregulated, untaxed networks.

Sound familiar? Statistically cannabis is way safer than alcohol. Alcohol is super dangerous. But we don’t respond to the danger with prohibition. We tried that and it didn’t work. We regulate and tax alcohol.

We use some of that tax revenue to educate about the dangers of impaired driving and to enforce laws to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors. It’s not perfect but we keep working on it.

The War on Drugs has been a decades-long exercise in prohibition

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) decisions on school budgets are made by people who are not subject to having to pay the taxes needed to support those budgets. The critics’ second point is that, over time, arbitration results in higher salaries, and higher taxes, than if strikes or imposition of contract terms were permitted.

Perhaps for the second reason, public employee labor unions are generally willing to accept binding arbitration schemes, while local

and it has failed miserably. If making substances illegal was effective, the United States would not be experiencing a massive opioid crisis right now. By the way, states that have legalized cannabis have seen a 24 percent decrease in opioid DEATHS, and if that is not reason enough to regulate and legalize immediately, I don’t know what is.

Now back to Vermont, and its place in the national debate about drugs, prison, and racism. By the time you read this, the Middlebury Select Board will have made some decision about whether to endorse the Vermont League of Cities and Towns’ position against the legalization of cannabis. I hope they voted to move us away from prohibition and towards sensible regulation. But I guarantee you, I am going to keep working on this. I have a vision that we will turn away from punishing people and towards helping them.

I want all our communities to have equal rights and protections under the law. I want the laws to be just.

Joanna Colwell is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who founded and directs Otter Creek Yoga, in Middlebury’s Marble Works. Joanna lives with her family in East Middlebury. When not practicing or teaching yoga, Joanna enjoys taking walks, cooking, serving on the board of WomenSafe, and working with the Middlebury chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. Feedback welcome at: joanna@ottercreekyoga. com.

Editor’s note: This is the 27th of branch is to encroach upon the can be changed at will. Besides, 28 essays by Middlebury College other; rather each is to be separate this would subvert the very purpose Professor Emeritus Victor Nuovo and independent with “a will of of education, which is never to on the origins of western political its own,” jealous of its particular indoctrinate, but to foster a love of prerogatives, endowed by law with truth and a passion for free enquiry. thought. “separate and rival interests.”

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By Victor Nuovo These interests become potent the truth and follow it wherever it To characterize something as reasonable does not mean that it is when they combine the personal leads must never be abridged; to delightful or pleasing. Eating ice with the institutional. The remain healthy, a republic requires cream or watching a movie may constitutional rights and duties of a regular tonic of truth.

Besides, it would seem that be delightful, but not necessarily the office become incarnate in the reasonable. Having surgery is person who occupies it. Selfish the causes of faction are inherent reasonable, when it is necessary motives are institutionalized, the in human nature. Human nature to save your life; likewise, dieting, vices of human nature become may be sociable, but human swallowing bitter medicine, instruments of public legality, even fallibility and selfishness and public virtue, and the limited horizons, more often cause exercising, and also powers of government us to prefer the society of others morality and politics are corralled and like ourselves, who share our may be reasonable, directed to achieve a prejudices. Factions, like evils, though not necessarily common good. This must come. pleasing.

So long as a faction is a minority, idea would seem Madison may perverse, if it were not the will of the majority should be have borrowed from resplendent in practical sufficient to defeat its purposes if Locke the idea of the they threaten the common good. wisdom. sovereignty of the In another place But what if a faction should grow people and used it to [The Federalist no. into a majority? This is not an establish the authority 10], Madison offers a idle concern. If political parties of the constitution. similar defense of the count as factions, then, when one But he sided more American Constitution. party controls all the branches with Machiavelli and Hobbes with regard to Thinking about He laments that civil of government, the possibility of societies tend to tyranny of the majority becomes the human character. politics — fragment into factions real, perhaps imminent.

He preferred their the origins Madison’s response is that it is or communities joined realism, shared their the very nature of the American together and driven views of human An essay by by a common impulse republic to be armed to counteract nature, agreed with Victor Nuovo or passion or interest, this outcome. He did not conceive them about the origin Middlebury College which are opposed of our republic as a homogeneous and nature of law to the rights of other city, but as an expanding union and its necessity. professor emeritus groups and to the soon to embrace a continent. And These features of of philosophy common good. These although he did not use the term his thinking become special interests may “diversity,” he seems to have clear in his writings in be derived from religious, social, anticipated the necessity of it. The defense of the Constitution.

Begin with human nature. political, or economic motives: key was a combination of social Madison agreed with Hobbes that evangelical zeal, the ambition diversity and a fundamental law, a state of nature is a state of war of of aspiring politicians, partisan which provides that the branches all against all, a lawless state, and self interest, identity politics, the of government and its institutions f u n c t i o n that peace and civility would occur conflicting interests competitively, and only if people covenanted together of rich and poor, which subjects to form a civil society. To that end, of creditors and “Madison laments even the authority the means would be to establish a debtors. that civil societies of “the People” to The question is constitution, a fundamental law. a rule of a law that This system of government must how to deal with tend to fragment even they cannot condition. into factions… be so designed “that its several this revoke, although constituent parts may, by their One way would joined together they may amend it. mutual relations, be the means of be to remove its and driven by a This is the design Factions common impulse or keeping each other in their proper causes. of our nation: a are voluntary places.”

Madison went on to make this associations. What passion or interest, nation established most memorable and quotable if individuals were which are opposed by fundamental law, the Constitution, prohibited from to the rights of observation: “But what is government but the forming a faction? other groups and to which prescribes the separation greatest of all reflections on human That would seem the common good.. of powers as a nature? If men were angels, no to be the most The question is safeguard against government would be necessary. If effective solution, tyranny and for angels were to govern men, neither for “Liberty is to how to deal with the same reason external nor internal controls on faction, as air is to this condition.” requires that its government would be necessary. fire,” remove the officials in the In framing a government which one, and the other is to be administered by men over will quickly die. But this would legislative and executive branches men, the great difficulty lies in this: be sheer folly, if not suicidal, for hold tenure for a limited period, you must enable the government just as air is essential to animal subject to the will of the people.

Will it work? One thing more to control the governed; and in the life, liberty is essential to political next place oblige it to control itself. life, and political life is a necessity. was needed. Madison expected that And in any case, as Locke proved, over time a deep respect for law [The Federalist no. 51] A principal means of government it is impossible to change beliefs would take root in the minds of the self control is the separation of by force or coercion.Another way people and the public officials who powers. The power of government would be by creating unanimity serve them, that reverence for the is divided or separated into three of opinion and sentiment through rule of law would take root in the branches: legislative, which makes universal education, to homogenize soul of the nation, and that our civil the laws; executive, which puts the people by indoctrinating them. society would grow into a selfthem into operation; and judiciary, But this is to assume that we can sustaining living thing.

Was this a proper expectation, or which interprets the laws and be certain that the opinions we policies of the other two branches, propose to teach are true, which is merely a hope? The answer is what and has the power to decide on a false assumption, or that human the so-called American experiment their constitutionality. Neither identities and their commitments is supposed to reveal.

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The Vermont School Boards’ Association would prefer the continuation of the status quo to an arbitration scheme.

Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

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Mary Del Piero, 92, Middlebury

Obituaries Rhoda Rabson, 96, South Burlington

SOUTH BURLINGTON — We share with you the passing of Rhoda Rabson, 96, on Sept. 28, 2017.

Rhoda’s numerous lifetime achievements and accomplishments cannot be expressed in words but rather in her actions. Foremost was raising her three children and six grandchildren to be independent. In July of this year she welcomed her first great grandchild.

Rhoda was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1921, graduated from Brooklyn College and had a successful career as a C.P.A. at a time when not many women worked outside the home.

In 1951 Rhoda married Edward Rabson, from Queens, N.Y., and they moved to Washington Heights in Manhattan, where they raised their children.

Ed and Rhoda were very active in the New York Society for Ethical Culture, and helped to create the Ethical Humanist Award, which honors extraordinary moral courage.

They believed that the place where people meet to seek the highest is holy ground and our actions here on earth are most important.

Ed and Rhoda honeymooned and vacationed in the Florida Keys, especially enjoying fishing with their children and grandchildren.

They loved travel, museums and theater, especially off-off-Broadway productions. They loved to read: Ed a devoted fan of science fiction,

and Rhoda with a special passion for magazines and the newspaper.

Rhoda was an avid reader of the “New Yorker” magazine, subscribing continuously since the age of 16.

Ed and Rhoda loved spending time together and doing things their way, no matter how unconventional.

After retirement Ed and Rhoda spent summers in Vermont, where they met Irv Glass and his wife in 1989 while swimming at the YMCA. The two couples remained friends, with the happy coincidence of both summering in Vermont and wintering in the same retirement complex in Boca Raton, Fla. Ed passed away in 2001 after a long illness, lovingly cared for by Rhoda. In 2004, Rhoda became reacquainted with Irv, who had also recently lost his wife, also spending nearly a decade caring for his spouse. Rhoda and Irv spent many happy years together in Florida, moving to Vermont in 2014 to be closer to their children. Both families appreciate the bond, love and support they offered each other during the past 13 years.

Rhoda is survived by her three children, Mark, Joan (Holloway) and John, and their spouses Susan, Tim and Diane; her six grandchildren, Gordon, Amelia Claire, Jake, Skyler and Maggie; son-in-law, Walter, great grandson, Leo, and special friend, Irv.

RHODA RABSON The family appreciates the outstanding care provided by Dr. Karen Sokol of Community Health Center, the staff at Allenwood Independent Living, and Bayada Hospice.

Rhoda will be missed but lives on as we honor her influence in our lives. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to your favorite public library.◊

Vida Seck, 99, formerly of Orwell BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. — Mrs. Vida (Shotie) A. Seck (LaRock), formerly of Orwell, died at 99 in Bullhead City, Ariz., at the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center of natural causes on Sept. 26, 2017. She was born Jan. 5, 1918, in Stradtford, Conn., to Olga (Johansson) LaRock and Joseph LaRock.

She grew up in Connecticut and Maplewood, N.J. with her parents and siblings, Marie, Alfred and Amanda (Baby). She graduated from Millburn High School, salutatorian of her class. Vida was married Oct. 4, 1943, to Herbert T. Seck Jr. at Camp Kilmer, N.J. For a short time she worked for Prudential Insurance. She then

became a housewife and mother until moving from Newark to Randolph to Chester, N.J., where she also did bookkeeping for her husband’s cabinet/furniture making business. She continued bookkeeping after moving their home and business to Orwell even after her husband’s death, when her son Conrad continued the business through the early 2000s.

In Vermont she became a member of a church group and the 60 Plus Club, both providing services to charities. She enjoyed family gatherings, gardening, bird-watching, her pets, playing cards with her siblings and solitaire later in life.

Family members who survive her are: her daughter-in-law Peg Seck;

daughter Valerie Hendl; grandchildren Daniel Seck and Nicholas Seck, and great-grandchildren Benjamin and Hanz Seck. There are also many nephews and nieces, including Isabel and Richard Reiman. Herbert T. Seck Jr.; son Conrad Herbert Seck; grandson Hans Seck; siblings Marie Reiman, Alfred LaRock, Amanda LaRock and many more family members and friends and beloved pets all pre-deceased her.

She was buried Friday, Sept. 29, at Desert Lawn, Mojave, Ariz., without a service. Please make any donations, in lieu of flowers, to the ASPCA. Thank you, Peg Seck, for your compassionate care during Vida’s last 7 years in Bullhead City, Ariz.◊

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CORNWALL — Mary (Mossman) Del Piero of Cornwall was born on Jan. 22, 1925 in Gardner, Mass., and took her last breath on Sept. 27, 2017 in Middlebury, Vt., in the light-filled Green Mountain ARCH room with her daughter beside her.

In her final weeks, Mary powerfully affirmed that hers had been a joyful life. She treasured myriad deep friendships across miles and cultures and touched many lives in her typically understated way of giving to others. During the past five years, Mary cherished regular visits from her little granddaughter and namesake, Abigail Mary.

Two younger brothers, George Curtis and David, with their wives, Martha and Debbie, and their twelve children, formed an important part of Mary’s life. Their father, George, was a surgeon, and their mother, Esther (Curtis), was a social worker.

A powerful influence in Mary’s youth and young adulthood was a beloved aunt, Mary Florence (Curtis) Graustein, a mathematics professor and world traveler with an eclectic collection of intellectually and artistically inspiring friends.

Mary completed her undergraduate degree in Art History at Bryn Mawr College and worked as a docent at the Yale University Art Gallery. She went on to earn an M.S. in Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine. She worked for the American Cancer Society before marrying Raúl Del Piero, a native of Argentina, who was completing doctoral work at Harvard University.

The couple settled in Berkeley, Calif., where Raúl was a Spanish professor and Mary dedicated herself primarily to raising their three children. After ten years, they moved to Ellensburg, Wash., and then to

Atlanta, Ga., where Raúl taught and Mary went on to complete coursework to be certified in elementary education.

Several months after her husband’s sudden death in 1971, Mary moved to Cornwall with their three children and taught second grade at the Weybridge Elementary School before returning to work in the field of Public Health with the Champlain Valley Area Agency on Aging (CVAA). Mary often said how much she loved her work coordinating three senior meal sites. She retired in 2012, after almost forty years. Mary’s family is grateful to devoted CVAA volunteer, Denise Gibeault, for assisting their mother at the Middlebury meal site and for her compassion in Mary’s final weeks.

Many community organizations benefited from Mary’s gentle leadership including American Field Service (A.F.S.), the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, where she served on the board, migrant education, the First Congregational Church of Cornwall, where she chaired both the Mission Committee and the Diaconate, and the Vermont Conference of the U.C.C., where she served for many years on the Department of Mission.

Mary enjoyed hosting international students from Middlebury College and considered two recent students, Joanna Bojczewska of Poland and Gabriela Juncosa of Ecuador, to be family.

Other passions included working for social justice and listening to classical music, especially opera.

Mary traveled to the former U.S.S.R. with Bridges for Peace, to Central America, Mexico, and South Africa with several peace-making organizations, and to China for the U.N. Conference on Women.

Mary is survived by her daughter

MARY DEL PIERO Christina of Cornwall, Vt.; her sons Paul (with spouse Debbie) of Sunrise Beach, Texas, and David (with spouse Heather Ferrell) of Burlington, Vt.; an A.F.S daughter, Sara Contreras, from Colombia; two grandsons, Will and Andrew; and a granddaughter, Abigail Mary.

A festive celebration of Mary’s life will be held at the Shoreham Congregational Church (a handicap accessible venue where her daughter is Pastor) on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. with story telling and refreshments downstairs from 3 to 4:30 p.m. All are warmly invited to join us and are welcome to bring stories, food, and/or flowers to share. With Mary’s spirit of hospitality, there was always room at the table for friends, old and new.

Donations in Mary’s memory may be made to grass-roots organizations that support human rights, the arts, peace and/or justice.◊

StoryWalk in Monkton to be a delight for all MONKTON — Russell Library will host a StoryWalk Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m.‑noon, at the Monkton Community Center building site adjacent to the Monkton Friends Church on Monkton Ridge. Enjoy the picture book “How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World”, enjoy a crunchy, fresh apple and walk this beautiful site on the ridge.

StoryWalk is an innovative and delightful way for children — and adults — to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. Laminated pages from a children’s book are

attached to wooden stakes, which are installed along an outdoor path. As readers stroll down the trail, they are directed to the next page in the story.

StoryWalks have been installed in 50 states and 12 countries, including Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Korea. They are always received with appreciation.

StoryWalk was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vt., and has developed with the help of Rachel Senechal, Kellogg‑Hubbard Library.

In addition to the walk, participants

may sign up for a library card right there at the new building site. A special pop‑up apple craft project will be available at the Russell Library just down the street. Families may walk on Saturday from 9 a.m.‑noon, but the craft project will be available to anyone on the three days that the library is open during regular hours — on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 3‑7 p.m., and Friday, Oct. 6, and Saturday Oct. 7, from 9 a.m.‑1 p.m. All are welcome to join the fun. Please call with questions 802‑453‑4471 or visit our website.

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Quidditch festival returns to Middlebury Castleton University names president MIDDLEBURY — This Saturday, Oct. 7, Middlebury College welcomes back a magical tradition, the Middlebury Classic Quidditch Tournament.

More than a dozen teams from around New England, including residential commons’ teams from Middlebury College, will battle for glory.

Potion demonstrations, food trucks, acrobatics and visiting bands will turn the tournament into a spectacular, family-friendly festival.

The tournament will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind Battell Hall off of Route 125/College Street.

Muggle quidditch, patterned after the game played by wizards in

the Harry Potter books, was created at Middlebury College in 2005 and quickly spread to other schools.

From 2005-2009, more than 20 teams came to Vermont annually to compete in the World Cup. Since then, the sport’s popularity has exploded, as the International Quidditch Association has organized tournaments for more than 500 teams across 26 countries. Now, Middlebury is excited, once again, to welcome quidditch home.

After a few years of holding small tournaments, the Middlebury quidditch team is enthusiastically partnering with the greater Addison

County community to host the festival. An abundance of organizations will be contributing their talents and passions, including the American Chemical Society, Addison County Readers, the Middlebury student acrobatics club Midd Acro, and visiting bands from Middlebury, Burlington and New Jersey. All are welcome to enjoy potion demonstrations, acrobatics, juggling, live music, food trucks, and more.

The event is free and open to the public. No unaccompanied minors.

The day’s schedule can be found online at facebook.com/ events/2043780145841523.

Ferrisburgh (Continued from Page 3A) nificantly endangers other property owners.”

Conditions included a requirement to use an upgraded landscaping plan that was proposed in August, including moving the driveway to the eastern boundary due to neighbors’ concerns; the limit on hours of operation; a requirement that trucks must be empty when they enter or leave; and an insistence on the 70-decibel limit, an issue because one study

said the operation could be louder in one area.

The ZBA also ruled that the DeVos family conducted unpermitted extraction of subsoil in 2016 and must return the lot to its former level and be “reseeded before the landscaping plan is implemented.”

According to Sept. 6 minutes the ZBA faced some questions after it issued its approval.

Tuppers Crossing neighbor Stephanie Warner asked what would

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott on Monday announced the appointment of Joseph Lorman as Family Division Magistrate serving Rutland, Bennington and Addison counties.

The Family Division of the Superior Court has jurisdiction over all family-related legal matters, including divorce, separation, civil union dissolution and parentage. As magistrate, Lorman will preside over and make decisions in family-related proceedings.

Lorman, a Rutland resident, currently serves as the southwest regional staff attorney for the Vermont Office of Child Support (OCS) and has represented the office in numerous hearings in the Family Division.

“Joe has demonstrated a superior record of integrity, fairness, diligence and knowledge of the law, and

is incredibly well suited for this role with the judiciary,” said Gov. Scott.

“His work to improve the economic security of Vermont’s children at the Office of Child Support gives him valuable perspective into Vermont’s families that will serve our citizens and the courts well.”

Prior to his work with OCS, Lorman served as an attorney at Rutland-based Ryan, Smith & Carbine LTD and as a contract attorney in Washington, D.C. Previously, he worked at the Federal Trade Commission as an Honors Paralegal Specialist, and interned in both the Office of Counsel to the President of the United States and at the Office of the Attorney General in Boston.

Lorman will fill a vacancy left by Mary G. Harlow upon her retirement. His term expires on March 31, 2023.

A native Vermonter, Lorman

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CASTLETON — Karen Scolforo will be Castleton University’s next President. The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) Board of Trustees voted unanimously for her appointment Sept. 28.

Scolforo, who most recently served as president of Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pa., rose to the top of more than 50 candidates during an extensive national search. During its annual retreat, the trustees roundly endorsed Scolforo’s leadership vision for the University at a time of dynamic change in higher education. Scolforo will begin her Castleton tenure in early December.

“Dr. Scolforo is just the kind of leader we were looking for: experienced, energetic and collaborative,” said VSCS Board Chair Martha O’Connor. “She led the development and implementation of Central Penn’s strategic plan with positive results. She places a high value on partnerships with the community. Over the course of her career, Dr. Scolforo has dedicated her career to sustaining strong institutions and, in particular, opening doors of opportunity for students.”

Scolforo will succeed President Dave Wolk, who has led Castleton for 16 years and who announced his retirement in March. The longest-serving president in school history, Wolk oversaw transformational campus revitalization, increased academic programming, and active community engagement.

VSCS Chancellor Jeb Spaulding said: “We know we can’t

KAREN SCOLFORO clone Dave Wolk, but I am confident that, in Karen Scolforo, the board of trustees has chosen a person with the right approach to leadership and management. I know Karen will bring a deep appreciation of the ‘Castleton Way’ and will lead a bright future for this important and beloved institution.”

Scolforo was president of Central Penn College from 2013 to 2017, where she oversaw recruitment and retention of a diverse student body and doubled the endowment of the 1,400-student private college. She led growth initiatives that resulted in increased applications and new academic programs at the baccalaureate and graduate levels. Her commitment to academic excellence is reflected in Central Penn’s new research and faculty professional development opportunities, academic technology integration, and the development of a rigorous academic

program assessment process.

While completing her doctorate at the University of North Florida, Scolforo served as Executive Director of Fortis College in Jacksonville, Fla., where she developed new academic programming and led enrollment growth over four years. Previously, she was president of Keiser University of Jacksonville and regional vice president of operations for Southeastern Colleges. During her time at Keiser, she led a 67 percent growth in enrollment.

Throughout her professional career, Scolforo has relied upon shared governance, collaboration, and relationship-building.

She received a Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership with Cognate in Higher Education Administration and Finance from the University of North Florida in 2012, holds a Master of Fine Arts from Southern New Hampshire University and a Master of Arts from Rivier University. Originally from New England, Scolforo is looking forward to living closer to her family. She has a passion for the arts and the outdoors.

“Dr. Scolforo was our clear favorite coming out of the campus visits, and we are pleased that the various constituencies on campus agreed,” said search committee member and Professor of Geology Helen Mango. “We are impressed with her commitment to understanding Castleton’s strengths and culture, and are confident in her ability to face challenges in a positive, energetic and collaborative manner.”

Market Perspective Q3 2017

Investors Shrug Off Risks While Stocks Continue March to New Highs

You will need to read carefully to notice many differences between the 2nd and 3rd quarter market updates. The “eerie calm” we noted last quarter persisted, with no major pullbacks and a seemingly relentless march to new highs. Just as last quarter, North Korean missile tests drew international consternation and inflammatory responses from our President. Once again, there were more surprising revelations in the Russia investigation, and multiple embarrassing failures by Republicans to pass an Obamacare repeal bill. And for the eighth consecutive quarter, the Dow Jones Industrial Index advanced, closing up 5%, as part of a streak which is now the longest since 1997.

Despite this and other news, there were again just three instances where the Dow Jones index gained or lost more than 1% in a session – a remarkably low level of volatility.

While the market’s reaction to news events, economic data, and corporate earnings reports seems monotonous, there is much going on below the surface that merits consideration.

Some factors support a continuation of the bull market: the economic expansion has deepened and synchronized around the globe, with more than 98% of world economies participating, including Japan, the world’s third largest, which is now in its longest expansion in more than a decade; central banks continue to provide easy monetary conditions; and U.S. business investment and manufacturing activity are both improving, providing added support to consumers who had long carried the recovery by themselves. Finally, additional stimulus in the form of tax cuts may soon be forthcoming.

At the end of September, President Trump and the Republicans proposed a broad framework for a tax code overhaul, focusing on corporate tax cuts and reducing the number of individual tax brackets from seven to three (or four). So far, few details have been provided that could credibly back up the President’s assertion that the wealthy won’t receive huge tax cuts, nor do we know enough to fully back the Democrats’ claims that the plan will blow a multi-trillion-dollar hole in the budget.

We don’t even know if the Republicans can pass any bills, much less a contentious tax overhaul. So, the range of possible outcomes is vast. For now, the market seems to be placing better than even odds on a significant reduction in corporate taxes, so another legislative failure could be detrimental to the bull market.

Other elements contribute to an uncertain outlook. The President will soon announce the next Fed Chair, and he is deciding between sticking with market-friendly Janet Yellen and candidates who are inclined to raise interest rates faster than the market now expects. In Germany the re-election of Angela Merkel to an unprecedented fourth term as chancellor has cheered markets, but Europe must still steer through Brexit and other challenges, including the rise of nationalist anti-Euro parties across the continent. In Asia, a bellicose North Korea has increased pressure on Japan to put aside its post-war pacifism, and the situation threatens China and challenges the role of the U.S. as a stabilizing influence in the region.

With so many political and economic uncertainties, we conclude – as we did last month – that despite recent gains now is a critical time for investors to prepare mentally and financially for greater turbulence ahead. This particular bull market will end – the question is not if, but when, and whether you are reacting to it, or prepared for it.

Don Devost and Matt Wootten are investment advisors and principals of Addison Advisors LLC in Middlebury. This is a paid column supplied by Addison Advisors to help educate readers on current market trends.

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Quilts, Quilts of Valor, Vendors, Raffle Quilt, Consignments, Basket raffles, Ornament sale to benefit “Everybody Wins” mentored reading program.

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Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 General public/$22 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802‑443‑3168.

THURSDAY

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in Middlebury.

Thursday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

Actor MacArthur Stine will open the never‑seen sealed script of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in front of a live audience and perform it as he reads it.

Hunter access seminar for Vermont landowners in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 5, 6:30‑9 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Co‑hosted by the nonprofit Vermont Coverts, Vermont Fish & Wildlife department staff will: introduce you to who hunters are and what hunting is and is not; review landowner rights and the laws and regulations that govern hunting; and provide a forum to discuss concerns about hunters or hunt‑ ing on your property. Pre‑registration not required.

More info contact Chris Saunders at chris.saunders@ vermont.gov or 802‑343‑5487.

Twist O’Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury.

Thursday Oct. 5, 7 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. A show and tell followed by a general meet‑ ing, and spin/knit‑in. All are welcome. More info at 802‑453‑5960.

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Knights of Columbus breakfast in Vergennes. Sunday, Oct. 8, 8‑10 a.m. a.m., St. Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple St. Vergennes invites you to our parish breakfast. We will be serving eggs, omelets to order, hot cakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and more. Adults $8.50/seniors over 60 $7.50/kids 6‑12yrs. $6.00/children under six years old free/and immediate families of five or more $28.00.

“Horseshoe Mania” Tournament in Bristol. Sunday, Oct. 8, check in at 9 a.m. Sodbusters Horseshoe Club hosts the Roger Forgues/Fall Finale Open Entry $10. Food and drink will be sold. Open to all ages and talent. Draw partners after each game. More info contact Mike 802‑453‑2219.

“Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey” in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.‑3 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Facility, 154 Creek Rd. A two‑day quilt show to raise funds for the “Everybody Wins!” reading mentor program and the Milk and Ladies Aid rummage sale in Lincoln.

Honey Quilters’ Guild. Featuring 100 quilts, vendor Friday, Oct. 6, 8 a.m.‑6 p.m., Burnham Hall, booths, raffle baskets, ornaments and other hand‑ 52 East River Rd. More info at 802‑453‑5995. made items. Lunch available for purchase. Tickets $5, Senior Luncheon in Bristol. Thursday, Oct. 6, noon, available at the door. Lunch available for purchase.

First Baptist, 10 Park St. Chicken and biscuits, cran‑ More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com. berry sauce, peas and carrots and brownie a la mode.

Have your tintype picture taken in Ferrisburgh.

Suggested donation is $4. Call Nancy at 453‑5276 Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.‑5 p.m., Rokeby Museum, to be on the list. Come early and enjoy talking with 4334 Route 7. Photographer and tintype expert Jeff friends and meet new ones.

Howlett will be offering his services and showing folks Apple picking with Brother to Brother in Middlebury. how tintypes are made. Tintypes were the most popu‑ Friday, Oct. 6, 4:30‑6 p.m., Happy Valley Orchard, 217 lar form of photography from the 1860s to 1890s, and Quarry Rd. Middle school boys of Addison County: now you can have one too. Howlett will be making BTB is back with its first event of the fall. Come kick off tintypes for $50 each throughout the day. the fall and have some cider donuts. BTB is a youth Reproductive justice 5K in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. mentorship group run by students from Middlebury 8, 10:30 a.m., Axinn Center, Route 30, Middlebury College. Always accepting new students. Contact College. A 5k run, walk or skip to raise funds for Steps btb@middlebury.edu to RSVP or request more Toward Reproductive Justice. Snacks at the finish, information. t‑shirt tie‑dying, and a raffle. Free and open to the Artist’s Reception in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 6, public. More info at go.middlebury.edu/stepsform/.

5‑7 p.m., Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Steps Toward Reproductive Justice 5K in Middlebury.

Pleasant St. Come to the opening Sunday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m., Axinn Center, Middlebury reception for “Lyn DuMoulin: Places College. Participants may run, walk or skip around the of the Heart” and see DuMoulin’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course while educating themselves watercolors. The exhibit runs about reproductive justice issues. Snacks at the finish from Oct. 6‑Nov. 12. More info at as well as t‑shirt tie‑dyeing and a free 802‑382‑9222 or townhalltheater.org.

MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL — Adult Raku, Chinese raffle. Free and open to the Public.

Artists’ reception in Bristol. Friday,

by Chellis House. More Landscape Painting, Mon & Thurs Oils, Playful Painting with Organized Oct. 6, 6‑8 p.m., ARTSight Gallery, 6 info at go.middlebury.edu/steps/.

Ink & Watercolors, Thurs Drawing, Weds AM Paint/Pastels, 30th Annual Ripton Ridge Run South St. “The Art of Word” features mixed media, collage, installation and Weds PM Wheel, Thurs Pastels. Children: Art Around the in Ripton. Sunday, Oct. 8, 12:30 paintings by Lily Hinrichsen, Karla World, Holiday Gifts, Clay Classes. Mon & Weds Wheel, Tues p.m., Ripton Elementary School, Van Vliet, Rachel Baird, Basha Miles, 753 Lincoln Rd. This benefit for the Clay Hand Building. middleburystudioschool.org Contact Friends of Ripton School includes Annie Perkins and Reagh Greenleaf Barb 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com Jr. Show runs Sept. 1‑Dec. 31. More 10k and 5k footraces and a 5k fun info at kvavlie@middlebury.edu or walk, all on scenic country roads. lilyhinrichson@gmail.com.

T‑shirts to the first 175 paid regis‑ Stargazing open house at Middlebury College obser‑ trants. Prizes, lunch and raffle. Race‑day registration vatory. Friday, Oct. 6, 8‑9:30 p.m., weather permitting. from 11 a.m.‑noon. More info at 802‑388‑2208 or Mittleman Observatory is atop McCardell Bicentennial riptonridgerun.org.

Hall. A variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and “Make a Block” in Vergennes. Sunday, Oct. 8, 1‑4 nebulae visible through the observatory’s telescopes, p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. As part which range up to 24 inches. Check the website of the “Small City Prints Big” project, go to Creative go.middlebury.edu/observatory/ or call the observa‑ Space and make your own giant woodblock to be tory at 443‑2266 after 6 p.m. on the evening of the printed by steamroller on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the event for weather status. Free.

Kennedy Brothers parking lot. Drop‑ins welcome.

“Behind the Punch line: an Evening of Comedic Contact info@creativespacegallery.org to participate.

Storytelling” in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 6, 8‑9:30 Bear‑a‑Palooza in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 8, 2‑4 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Come hear seven p.m., Sheldon Museum of History, 1 Park St. Fun, free, MACARTHUR STINE WILL take on the storytellers tell first‑person, true comedic stories family afternoon of bear‑related activities. Have your challenge of performing “White Rabbit, without notes. If you would like to tell a story contact photo taken with a bear. Author Ashley Wolff will read Red Rabbit” sight unseen on Thursday, Michael Kingsbury at 802‑459‑2145 or mrk4vt@aol. aloud from some of her books. Count the bears in a Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall Theater. com. Space closes quickly. jar. Bring your favorite bear. Info: 388‑2117.

Free Community Dinner in Bristol. Sunday, Oct. 8, 5‑6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Space and make your own giant woodblock to be Chicken and rice casserole, beverage and apple crisp printed by steamroller on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the for dessert. Come and bring a friend and/or neighbor Kennedy Brothers parking lot. Drop‑ins welcome.

Ladies Aid rummage sale in Lincoln. to enjoy an evening out.

Free. Contact info@creativespacegallery.org to Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 a.m.‑noon, Burnham participate.

Hall, 52 East River Rd. Saturday is $2/bag “A Quiet Passion” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, day. More info at 802‑453‑5995.

Oct. 7, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, StoryWalk in Monkton. Saturday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m.‑noon, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. Cynthia Nixon Financial aid workshop in Bristol.

Monkton Community Center building site, Monkton plays 19th‑century American poet Emily Dickinson in Tuesday, Oct. 10, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Abraham Ridge Rd. Russell Library will host a reading of the Terence Davies’ biopic. Free. middlebury.edu/arts or Union High School. Offered by VSAC, this free picture book “How to Make an Apple Pie and See the 802‑443‑3168. workshop is designed to help families fill out the FAFSA World.” Participants can enjoy a crunchy, fresh apple and Vermont grant applications, ask questions, and and walk the site on the ridge as they read posted Madaila on the Mountain in Hancock. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1‑5 p.m., Middlebury College Snow Bowl. A learn about the college financial aid process. Internet pages set up around the site. Apple crafts will be fundraiser and celebration of United Way’s 50 years access available and space is limited. Register at offered at the library, as well as library card sign‑up at in Addison County, featuring Vermont’s acclaimed fsaid.ed.gov. the site. More info at 802‑453‑4471. pop band Madaila, celebrated local youth bands, ‘I placed a jar’: poetry, porcelain and place lecture 16th annual Dead Creek Wildlife Day in Addison. food trucks, fall foliage chair lift rides, wine and craft in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m.‑4 p.m., Dead Creek beer courtesy of Two Brothers Tavern, kids activi‑ Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Management Area, 966 VT Route 17. Celebrate Vt. ties and many other surprises for all ages. General Porter Field Rd. A talk by Edmund de Waal, worldFish & Wildlife’s Dead Creek area with presentations Admission $15 in advance/$18 at the door; students renowned ceramicist and best-selling author of “The and nature walks and family activities and explore $12 in advance/$15/at the door; kids under 12 free.

Hare with Amber Eyes.” De Waal’s ceramic work is the new visitor’s center. More info at 802‑828‑1000.

All proceeds benefit United Way of Addison County. included in the exhibition A Story of Art: Gifts and Girls’ soccer clinic in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. Fall foliage chair lift rides will be available, weather Bequests from Charles S. Moffett ’67 and Lucinda 7, 9:30‑10:30 a.m., Creek Road athletic fields. For permitting, for $5/adults and $3/students, with Herrick, currently on view at the Museum. girls in grades three to six. Skill‑building clinic with proceeds benefiting the Middlebury College Snow Red Green on stage in Vergennes. Tuesday, Oct. 10, the MUHS Varsity Girls Soccer team. Work on skills, Bowl.

7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. In “I’m learn more about the game and have fun. Cost $5.

Not Old, I’m Ripe.” Green, otherwise known as Steve More info contact Wendy Leeds at 802‑388‑2208 or More info at rockthesnowbowl.com or the Middlebury College Box Office.

Smith, will reflect on the twists and turns of his life. wleeds@acsdvt.org.

“Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey” in Pre‑performance Dinner in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. Lower Lobby, Mahaney Center Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m.‑5 p.m., for the Arts, Middlebury College. Join fellow Danish Middlebury Recreation Facility, 154 Creek Rd. A String Quartet concertgoers for a delicious, seasonal two‑day quilt show to raise funds for the “Everybody meal. Catered buffet dinner, seated family style. Meal Computer scam presentation in Wins!” reading mentor program and the Milk and tickets: $35; cash bar. On sale to PASS Members Vergennes. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 10:30 Honey Quilters’ Guild. Featuring 100 quilts, vendor 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury. a.m.‑noon, Otter Creek Room, Bixby Library, booths, raffle baskets, ornaments and other hand‑ edu/arts/boxoffice or 802‑443‑3168.

258 Main St. Addison County Retired Teachers hosts made items. Lunch available for purchase. Tickets a presentation “Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists: $5, available at the door. Lunch available for Downtown Bob Stannard on stage in Vergennes.

Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Vergennes Opera House, Coming to a Computer Near You,” Presented by Elliott purchase. More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com.

120 Main St. At VOH’s season opening, Stannard Greenblott, Vermont Coordinator AARP Fraud Watch 19th Annual Harvest Fest in Shoreham. Saturday, and his band Those Dangerous Bluesmen will rock Network.

Oct. 7, 11 a.m.‑4 p.m., Champlain Orchards, 3597 the house with soulful blues and zippy jazz. Doors Barney Frank and John Sununu debate in VT Route 74 W. Bluegrass tunes from the Bondville open at 6:30. Cash bar. General seating.

Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 4:30 p.m., Wilson Boys, fresh local food from Fuego and Porky’s Hall, Middlebury College. The Common Ground Backyard BBQ & Smokehouse, free apple picking, Durham County Poets on stage in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Committee, an organization devoted to engaging free horse and tractor‑drawn wagon tours, fresh pies, Rd. A lively group from Quebec playing soulful in civil discussion and constructive debate in order hot cider, caramel apples, arts and crafts, and hard folk/roots with hints of blues and jazz. Tickets $20. to move issues forward, presents The Honorable cider tastings. Leashed dogs welcome. Free.

Pre‑concert dinner available for $25. Reservations Congressman Barney Frank (D‑MA) and former The Year 1777 and the American Revolution in required for dinner and recommended for the show.

Governor (R‑NH) and White House Chief of Staff for Orwell. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1‑2:30 p.m., Mount Venue is BYOB. More info at 802‑247‑4295, info@ George H.W. Bush, John Sununu, who will discuss the Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. brandon‑music.net or brandon‑music.net. government’s role in creating economic opportunity.

Independence Rd. What was happening elsewhere in the American Revolution in 1777, 240 years ago, Joe K. Walsh Band on stage in Ripton. Saturday, Financial aid workshop in Brandon. Wednesday, Oct. Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, 11, 6 p.m., Otter Valley Union High School. Offered by as the British under Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne headed 1305 Rt. 125. Hailed by CBC‑Newfoundland as “one VSAC, this free workshop is designed to help families toward Saratoga? Site interpreter and historian Paul of the best mandolinists of his generation,” Walsh will fill out the FAFSA and Vermont grant applications, Andriscin gives an illustrated talk about events on appear with an all‑star band featuring Avril Smith on ask questions, and learn about the college financial Long Island, New York City, and British Gen. William guitar, Brittany Karlson, bass, and John Mailander aid process. Internet access available and space is Howe’s effort to capture Philadelphia. on fiddle. 7:30 p.m. open mic followed by featured limited. Register at fsaid.ed.gov.

MET Live in HD in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous Robert Madrygin in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Live screening on the admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m.

11, 7 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. This Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s Open mic sign‑up and info at 802‑388‑9782 or rcch.

Vermont author will read from and discuss his novel, “Norma.” A free talk about the opera at 12:15 org.

“The Solace of Trees.” p.m. in the Jackson Gallery precedes the show.

Tickets, adults $24/Students $10, available at Danish String Quartet performs in Middlebury. Book Club Meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, Oct. 11, Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference 802‑382‑9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. The Room, Crown Point Rd. and Short St. John le Carré’s Monday‑Saturday noon‑5 p.m., or at the door.

Middlebury debut program includes Bartók’s first novel “The Night Manager” will be the focus of the “Make a Block” in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1‑4 quartet, Beethoven’s first Razumovsky quartet, discussion. All interested readers welcome. More info p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. As part and arrangements of traditional Nordic folk tunes of the “Small City Prints Big” project, go to Creative at 802‑758‑2858.

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Counseling Service of Addison County cordially invites you to the

2017 CSAC Annual Meeting Thursday, November 9th, 2017 Kirk Alumni Center, Middlebury College

4:15 – 5:00 pm: Hors d’oeuvres and Social Time 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Welcome, Introductory Remarks, Program & Awards We are delighted and honored to welcome Dr. Alberto Fergusson of Colombia, who will speak on “Community Belonging as a Bridge to Recovery— from Sopó, Colombia to Addison County, Vermont”

This Year’s Award Recepients Are: Master Guide Award Dr. Fred Kniffin, CEO, Porter Medical Center and Maureen McLaughlin, Board Chair, Porter Medical Center William J. Lippert, Jr. Advocacy Award Senator Claire Ayer, Chair, Committee of Health and Welfare Holly Clook Award Kolleen Hobbs, Service Coordinator, Community Associates Wilton W. Covey Staff Award Patricia Sargent, Employment Representative, Employment Associates Wilton W. Covey Community Award Doug Sinclair, Executive Director, Charter House

The public is welcome to attend Please RSVP by November 1st Ann Kensek • akensek@csac-vt.org • 802-388-0302 x442 Jenn Staats • jstaats@csac-vt.org •802-388-0302 x413 Auxiliary aid and reasonable accommodations will be made upon request to ensure that all benefits, services, and activities of CSAC are fully accessible to all .

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Rural economy meeting in Salisbury.

Thursday, Oct. 12, 2‑4 p.m., Salisbury Town Office, 25 Schoolhouse Rd. A hearing for the public to give recommendations for improving Vermont’s rural economy. Specifically, the Committee on Agriculture requests suggested ways or actions to encourage the growth or increased productivity of Vermont’s farming industry, forest product industry and rural businesses.

“Seeing the World, as the First Step Toward Saving It” in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben discusses recent ways of seeing provided by today’s satellites and scientific instruments. In conjunction with the museum exhibit “Land and Lens.” Free. museum. middlebury.edu or 802‑443‑2291.

Bridge Workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, Oct. 12, 5‑7 p.m., Otter Creek Room, Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. The first night of an eight‑week workshop for both beginners and “rusty” players. Register by Oct. 9. More info contact Maddy or Sara 802‑877‑2211 or maddy.willwerth@bixbylibrary.com, or Irma Heeter 802‑877‑3377.

Financial aid workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m., Vergennes Union High School. Offered

by VSAC, this free workshop is designed to help fami‑ lies fill out the FAFSA and Vermont grant applications, ask questions, and learn about the college financial aid process. Internet access available and space is limited. Register at fsaid.ed.gov.

Immigrant influences talk in Bristol. Thursday, Oct. 12, 7‑8:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. In the latest One World Library Project presentation, Folklorist Gregory Sharrow will discuss the numerous waves of immigrants into Vermont and their influences on all aspects of life in Vermont. Free and open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities.

“L’Elisir D’Amore” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s roman‑ tic comedy about a love‑sick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman. Pre‑performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Prosecco reception with the cast. Tickets Rows B‑C $45/Rows D‑M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802‑382‑9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday‑Saturday noon‑5 p.m., or at the door.

“Loners. Lovers. Freaks.” on stage in Middlebury.

Thursday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. The Theatre Program presents its 22nd annual first year show, with 25 actors presenting scenes written by contemporary New York City writers.

Directed by Michole Biancosino. Tickets $6. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

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Town Hall Theater. The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s romantic comedy about a love‑sick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman. Pre‑performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Tickets Rows B‑C $45/ Rows D‑M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802‑382‑9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday‑Saturday noon‑5 p.m., or at the door.

Soovin Kim, violin, performs in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Kim celebrates the release of his new solo Bach CD by performing Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 General public/$22 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802‑443‑3168.

Comedy night in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 8‑9:30 p.m., Marquis Theatre, 65 Main St. Tina Friml and Katie Gillespie host a night of comedy, games, inter‑ views, and more.! Featuring stand up performances by Sky Sandoval (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2017 Finalist), Tim Bridge (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2017 Winner), and Kendall Farrell (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2015 Winner). Donations accepted.

“Loners. Lovers. Freaks.” on stage in Middlebury.

Friday, Oct. 13, 8 and 10 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. The Theatre Program presents its 22nd annual first year show, with 25 actors presenting scenes written by contemporary New York City writers.

Directed by Michole Biancosino. Tickets $6. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

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Fall Open Studio Weekend Statewide.

Saturday, Oct. 14, locations around Addison County.

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 8‑10 a.m. Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community members to help us survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Shorter and longer routes possible. Beginning birders are welcome. Come for all or part of the walk. More info at 802‑388‑1007 or 802‑388‑6019.

Green Mountain Club Long Trail work day in Ripton.

Saturday, Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m., Contact trail manager David Morrissey at dfmorrissey117@gmail.com or 802‑352‑1060 to confirm participation and allow plan‑ ning for an adequate number of tools and hard hats.

Bring water and snacks/lunch. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Rain date Sunday, Oct. 15.

Fall Foliage Walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9‑10:30 a.m., behind Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Middlebury College Landscape Join Horticulturist Tim Parsons on a walk along the TAM trail bordering the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and learn why Vermont’s fall foliage is so spectacular. More info at info@maltvt.org.

Rummage sale on Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m.‑1 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol, 10 Park St. This year there will be a few tables at no charge to moth‑ ers that want to sell their children’s clothes. More info contact Nancy at 802‑453‑5276 by Oct. 7. Space is limited. Come and browse, always great bargains.

Rummage sale in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m.‑noon., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 North Pleasant St. Clothes, household goods, books, collectibles, something for everyone. $3 a bag.

Charter House Coalition open house in Middlebury.

Saturday, Oct. 14, 9:30‑11:30 a.m., Charter House, 27 Pleasant St. Come for refreshments and a tour of the updated facilities, which provide a warming shel‑ ter, daily meal, community resources, day station, and friendship to locals in need. More info contact Samantha Kachmar at mskachmar@gmavt.net or charterhousecoalition.org.

Fall Family Weekend chairlift rides and barbecue in

Hancock. Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.‑3 p.m. Middlebury College Snow Bowl. Lift Rides Adults $5/students $3.

BBQ $7. All proceeds benefit the Middlebury Ski Patrol.

More info at 802‑443‑7669 or middleburysnowbowl. com.

“Small City Prints Big” in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.‑4 p.m., Kennedy Brothers parking lot, 11 Main St. Be a part of a community art experience when giant woodblock prints are made with a steamroller. A special project of the Boys and Girls Club of Vergennes, Vergennes Elementary School, and Creative Space gallery. Printing fee $20. Selected prints on view for silent auction Oct. 18‑Oct. 22.

“L’Elisir D’Amore” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s roman‑ tic comedy about a love‑sick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman. Pre‑performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets Rows B‑C $45/Rows D‑M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802‑382‑9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday‑Saturday noon‑5 p.m., or at the door.

Chicken pie supper in Granville. Saturday, Oct. 14, 5‑7 p.m., 82 Post Office Hill Rd. No one goes home hungry at this benefit dinner for the Moss Glen Grange. Adults $10/$5 children under 12.

The Twangtown Paramours on stage in Brandon.

Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes, this husband and wife acoustic duo is known for their well‑crafted and award‑winning songs, top‑notch lead singing, and fine harmonies. Tickets are $20. Pre‑concert dinner for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show.

Venue is BYOB. More info at 802‑247‑4295, info@ brandon‑music.net or on the net at brandon‑music.net.

Pete’s Posse on stage in Lincoln. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Part of the Burnham Music Series. Refreshments served. Handicap acces‑ sible. Tickets $10 adults/teens and kids free. More info at 802‑388‑6863.

“The Salesman” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. While rehearsing a production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” a couple must evacuate their home. After moving, the wife is attacked, leaving her husband determined to find the attacker despite his wife’s objections. Free. middle‑ bury.edu/art or 802‑443‑3168.

Roast Turkey Supper in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 14, 5‑6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main Street, across from the Vergennes Opera House.

Menu includes roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, rolls, beverage and dessert, served buffet style. Adults $9/Children $5. Take out available. More info at 802‑877‑3150.

Cocoon story‑telling in Middlebury. Saturday, October 14, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon the Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live without notes. A reception with the storytellers follows. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802‑443‑3168.

“Loners. Lovers. Freaks.” on stage in Middlebury.

Saturday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. The Theatre Program presents its 22nd annual first year show, with 25 actors presenting scenes writ‑ ten by contemporary New York City writers. Directed by Michole Biancosino. Tickets $6. More info at middle‑ bury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

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All‑you‑can‑eat Pancake Breakfast in Addison. Sunday, Oct. 15, 7‑11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, junction Routes 17 & 22A. A benefit for the Addison Volunteer Fire Department.

Menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate, and orange juice. Funds will be used to purchase equipment. Adults $6/kids under 12 $4. More info at 802‑759‑2237.

Fall Open Studio Weekend Statewide. Sunday, Oct. 15, locations around Addison County.

Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 15, noon‑5 p.m., VFW, Exchange St. Refreshments available. $3 donation. All fiddlers welcome. Fun and dancing.

Hike into History in Orwell. Sunday, Oct. 15, 1‑3:30 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. Independence Rd. Enjoy the last day of the 2017 season with a guided hike into history. Stephen Zeoli will be your guide. The focus will be on the effects at Mount Independence of British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga October 17, 1777, and the British withdrawal from the Mount on November 8, 1777.

Green Mountain Club Watershed Center hike in Bristol. Friday, Oct. 13, Watershed parking area. Moderate four‑mile hike on the Middle Forest Trail with possible extensions on side trails if group is interested. Wear appropriate clothing.

Bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802.388.5407. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf. org.

UNDUN in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 6, 9 p.m., Two Rummage and bake sale in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, Brothers Tavern.

9 a.m.‑5 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 Strangled Darlings in Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., North Pleasant St. Clothes, household goods, books, Hatch 31. collectibles, something for everyone. Bake sale runs Downtown Bob Stannard in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. from 9 a.m.‑1 p.m.

7, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

“A New Acquisition after Titian” in Middlebury. Friday, Durham County Poets in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 7, Oct. 13, 12:30 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Art, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

Joe K. Walsh in Ripton. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., In the 1660s, David Teniers the Younger compiled the Ripton Community Coffee House. first‑ever visual inventory of an art collection, creating Danish String Quarter in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 243 small‑scale copies of paintings owned 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

by Archduke Wilhelm Leopold of Austria.

Second Half in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. Pieter Broucke discusses one such work, 7, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. recently donated to the museum, depict‑ Alex Smith in Bristol. Friday, Oct. 13, 7 ing Titian’s early masterwork “Rest on the p.m., Hatch 31.

Flight to Egypt.” Free. museum.middle‑ Mike Scott in Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7 bury.edu or 802‑443‑2291. p.m., Hatch 31.

Art opening reception in Bristol. Friday, Twangtown Paramours in Brandon.

Oct. 13, 5‑7 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

St. Reception for the show “Bringing the Pete’s Posse in Lincoln. Saturday, Oct. 14, Outside In” with terrariums made Susan 7:30, Burnham Hall.

Goldstein, photos by Krista Cheney and Soovin Kim in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. collages by Aurora Davidson. Show runs 14, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. through Nov. 12.

Dark Star Project in Bristol. Saturday, Oct. Book Discussion in Middlebury. Friday, 21, 7 p.m., Hatch 31.

Oct. 13, 6‑7 p.m., Shafer’s Market & Deli, Snake Mountain Bluegrass in Brandon.

54 College St. Meet and discuss “The Saturday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Fortunes” by Peter Ho Davies. Friday Stella Blue Sky in Middlebury. Saturday, Night Book Club, for literary‑minded folks, Oct. 21, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. meets the second (or first occasionally) Friday of every month. New members are always welcome.

ACTR feedback open house in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 6:15‑7:15 p.m., ACTR Offices, 297 Creek Rd. Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking feedback from riders and other community members on proposed route and schedule rede‑ on our Web Site at signs for its in‑county and Saturday LINK services. All are welcome. Call VERMONT FISH AND Wildlife officials will be helping landown‑ www.

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Up, up and away!

LEICESTER CENTRAL SCHOOL took advantage of the recent heat wave on Tuesday, Sept. 26, when weather conditions were perfect for launching a 50-foot solar balloon. The 90-degree weather was perfect for heating the air-filled bag, causing it to rise way above the treetops. The students learned that the heat absorption caused the gas molecules in the bag to expand.

Forrests hold 60th reunion VERGENNES — The Forrest family enjoyed their 60th family reunion on Sunday, July 30 at the home of Chris Cousino and Patty Prime in Vergennes. Prime and Cousino work tirelessly each year to continue to hold the reunion.

Family members from as far away as Louisiana joined the event.

Attending this year were Cousino and Prime, Marilyn and Fred Napoleon, Stephanie Napoleon, Budge and Teresa Churchill, Ron and Beth Cousino, Nancy and David Allen, Ray and Caitlin Mitchell, Tom Mitchell, and Linda and Pete Gale.

Also attending were Merrie Perron, Michael Zeno, Pat Zeno Roberts, John and Shirley Hartstads, Aaron, Ben and Matthew Napoleon, Kevin, Kaelin and Oliver Sullivan and Sarah Stradtner, and Philip & Lynn Mercier, as well as Alan Cousino with Kelly, and Tanner Bliss, Zach Cousino, Robert Gilson, Ashley Cousino, Gerry Kingsbury, George Forrest with Lisa Morrison Stockwell, Kyle and Kylee Forrest with Christy and Melody Mundorf.

Missing this year was family member Ronald Perron, husband of Merrie.

MIDDLEBURY — Leading up to their production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Nov. 2-5, at Town Hall Theater, the Middlebury Community Players are raising money for WomenSafe, Inc., and raising awareness about violence against women, not only in our own communities, but throughout history.

The Salem witch hysteria of 1692 (which is the subject of “The Crucible”) ranks as one of the greatest mysteries — and tragedies — of early American history.

Nineteen people were hanged for being “witches” and others died refusing to confess, or while waiting in prison. What is often forgotten, however, is that this brief, violent outbreak of small-town vengeance — neighbor against neighbor — has a long and ugly precedent in European history. Over the three centuries preceding the Salem Witch Trials, approximately 50,000 women were executed in Europe for being “witches.” Contrary to the popular images of today, witches were not identified by wearing pointy hats or flying on brooms, but by various forms of independence, power, and possession.

The modest goal of MCP’s campaign is to collect one penny for every woman who lost her life for practicing “witchcraft.” Its greater ambition is to ask hard questions: what do we mean by the word “witch” and who is a witch today?

What did women living in fear of violence in the 17th century share in common with women living in fear of violence today — in America, as well as in other parts of the world?

What still needs to be done to make our communities free of gender-

related sexual, domestic, and other violence?

Though we think of witch hunts of the kind perpetrated at Salem and during the Inquisition as a thing of the past, persecution and violence against women persist, both here and worldwide. Global estimates published by the WHO indicate that about one in three women worldwide have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime, and women are still frequently condemned and even killed for stepping outside society’s gender-based restrictions.

In Addison County, WomenSafe exists to serve those who experience sexual and domestic violence, as it also works to change the multisystem barriers that perpetuate violence against women.

From Oct. 1 through the final show of “The Crucible” on Nov 5, a collection vessel for the 50,000 pennies will be set up in the Town Hall Theater lobby, at 68 South Pleasant Street in Middlebury.

Local businesses, schools, and other organizations are invited to participate by displaying penny collection boxes throughout the month of October and engaging in conversations about what makes a witch. Donations will also be accepted at the crowdfunding site YouCaring, youcaring.com/middl eburycommunityplayers-964275.

Schools and businesses are invited to contact “The Crucible” production team at 50Kwitches@gmail.com to participate.

This collaboration between two longstanding local nonprofits allows both organizations to raise awareness about their work, with all funds raised going to WomenSafe.

An invitation to the community: Let’s all share some poetry The Addison Independent is pleased to reintroduce the Poet’s Corner, to be published the first Thursday of each month. We have a new writer for this column, poet Susan Jefts of Cornwall.

She is originally from the Southern Adirondacks, attended college in Vermont, and is an alum of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. Her poetry has been published in many national and regional journals, and she is currently completing a full-length book of her work. She runs workshops that use poetry as a tool for exploring life themes and directions, and has taught poetry and writing at colleges in New York state. Learn more about her at manyriverslifeguidance.com _____________ Some of my favorite words about poetry are from Romanian poet Paul Celan: A poem can be like a message in a bottle, traveling in the — not always greatly hopeful — belief that somewhere and sometime it could wash up on land, heartland perhaps. Poems in this sense too are underway: they are making way toward something.

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How earnest traveler out exciting, I thought, there in the darkness. to be able to share I like it because it and respond to poetry reminds us that not written by members everything about of our community. poetry can be fully I’ve been writing known or explained and reading poetry and that its origins, for many years and, and likely also its while I have many contents, are a bit of the credentials mysterious.

These other writers have words remind us that — poetry courses poetry is meant to be and workshops, felt and experienced acceptance into in the realm of the writers’ residencies, soul and the heart, as a decent publishing much or more than by history — I am

By Susan Jefts the rational mind. So also no expert on if we do find a poem the subject. I don’t washing up on heartland, we will think that matters so much, though, know that something significant has because this is not a column about happened, and we might be moved to being expert or about being correct, invite that poem in, sit with it a while, but is a column for celebrating and maybe even respond to it. and responding to poetry, in all its When I was asked to revive the eloquent forms. And hopefully for Poet’s Corner, begun and thoughtfully finding some joy along the way. tended to by my predecessor, Leonard Another reason I love Celan’s Gibbs, I knew I was interested. This is image is that it invites participation. the kind of thing I’ve always wanted Anyone might come across that to do and have done in various forms message in a bottle, or any number in the past, but never as a newspaper of other “containers,” and take its contents home. All can feel invited to experience its words and images and T O T H E FA M I LY respond in some way — through their thoughts and feelings, by writing their own poem, or leaving a thoughtful message on this newspaper’s blog.

Poetry can make us more present to our experience in the world, and to the experiences of others at the same time.

Poet’s

Esmé MADISON MIKULA

Corner

There are so many kinds of poems in the world. A poem written in a lyrical style can transport us through its tightly packed language and use of metaphor to new levels of awareness and experience. A well-written narrative poem can take us, through its use of discursive lines and story, to other places past and present, and into the lives of others. And of course there are so many other forms and styles between and beyond these. But when a poem is written with precise and unique language and imagery, with depth of feeling, and a sense of where the poem wants to go (versus where we think it should go) it will move beyond its own words into a place others will want to follow. It will take on energy and movement of its own; it will begin making way.

So if you have poems that are well crafted, that you’ve tended to with care, and thoughtful word choice and imagery, please send them my way.

One will be chosen for print here each month, along with my thoughts about it. I won’t be able to use all the poems I receive, but hope to use many of them. Some of them might show up in the “From the Blog” column on addisonindependent.com.

Send your work to me at sjefts7@ gmail.com. Poems should be in a Word doc or docx file, 12 point Times New Roman font, and one page or less in length. Include a bio of no more than two lines. I look forward to reading your work!

And now, here’s a poem of my own to start us off:

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CHRISTOPHER ROSS STANDS with a penny collection vessel in the Town Hall Theater lobby. Ross, director of the upcoming Middlebury Community Player production of “The Crucible,” hopes to collect 50,000 pennies, one for every woman killed throughout history for being labeled a “witch,” and donate the proceeds to WomenSafe in Middlebury. Pennies will be collected through the last performance of “The Crucible” on Nov. 5.

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milestones births

• Heather (Bagley) and Taylor Quesnel of Middlebury, Sept. 26, a girl, Brextyn Annah Tate Quesnel.

• Ann (Austin) and Morgan Lilly of Bridport, Sept. 29, a boy, Owen Robert Lilly.

Returning to Earth (or Rediscovering Neruda) It happened on a day I went first to the woods. It happened on a day I wore my blue scarf, bought a banana almond muffin and drank shade grown coffee from Brazil.

When I thought about my conversation with A last night at the café. Images of rocks and roots came forth, but also a bird in flight. It happened on the day I finished my taxes.

It happened between one thing and another.

A book about the soul and a poem about things – shoes and metal, tobacco smoke, and salt.

“Many things conspired to tell me the whole story,” wrote Neruda, “not only those things that leap and climb, desire and survive.”

There are so many: the brass knob of the door, the ink on the paper. The fibrous thread of my book, the stone tablets in the park.

It’s the way they sing, it’s the way they stay still.

So now, it seems I can’t say enough about things.

How they connect me to a string in my body that binds me to my soul. How every feeling now is a stone or a book, tobacco smoke, or salt.

(Previously published in “A Slant of Light Anthology,” 2013, Codhill Press Books)

By Susan Jefts

Addison Independent, Thursday, October 5, 2017 — PAGE 11A

Police alterted to impaired driver ADDISON COUNTY — On Sunday, Oct. 1, officers from the Middlebury Police Department and Vermont State Police were told to be on the lookout for a vehicle that was reported to have an intoxicated or impaired driver on Route 7 driving northward from Brandon.

At approximately 6 p.m. police located the vehicle on Route 116 in Middlebury, near the intersection of Case Street and East Main Street, where they stopped it.

Police screened the driver, identified as 34-year-old Kyle Forrest of Shelburne, for driving under the influence and arrested him. Forrest was processed at the New Haven state police barracks, cited for DUI and driving with a criminally suspended license, and released.

In other recent activity, Vermont State Police troopers: • On Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. troopers from the Rutland Barracks responded to a tip on the location of a wanted person in Wallingford.

State police located Kenneth Paulus, 40, of Brandon and learned that he had an outstanding arrest warrant for having failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing. They took Paulus into custody and took him to court to answer the charges. Bail was set at $10,000.

• On Sept. 27 at approximately 6:20 p.m. saw a vehicle on Route 125 in Bridport driven by a person known to have a criminally suspended license. The trooper stopped the car and cited Jacob Burmania, 22, of Vergennes for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• On Wednesday, Sept. 27, at approximately 9:30 p.m., responded with rescue services to a one-car crash near the intersection of Route

THIS CHART IS a printout from the metering system that measures combined sewer overflows at the Macdonough Drive pump station in Vergennes. At the top can be seen what happened between 5:30 p.m. and midnight on Aug. 12, when persistent thunderstorms caused a stormwater surge that the pump station could not handle, resulting in about 112,000 gallons of untreated wastewater flowing into Otter Creek. The rest of the chart measures the more typical flow into the station.

Photo courtesy of Rick Chaput

City sewer

(Continued from Page 1A) the universal wastewater treatment a bond issue. I could be $10 million problem of fibrous wipe products that off when I say $3 million.”

Hawley said.

Another step toward a bigger fix is are flushed down toilets — “rags,” in It might not be easy, either. For already under way. The city this year industry lingo. example, Chaput said enforcing “I can’t stress enough this rag existing bans on roof drains and earned a $50,000 grant to pay for an engineering firm to map and evaluate problem. It’s huge,” Chaput said. sump pumps emptying into the all its sewer mains.

Rags make the system is not simple. He explained Hawley estimated overflows worse because what might happen if all downtown there are 10 to 12 “You can’t they are swept up by buildings were disconnected. miles of those mains. solve a stormwater surges and “You can’t run the water out No one yet knows for problem clog pumps when they are back, because now you’re flooding sure, or exactly how until you most needed. into the neighbor’s yard and into many of those mains “Whoosh, it all comes the neighbor’s basement. And now are clay that date back understand down at the worst possible they’re just going to get a sump to between 1900 and the problem.” time,” Chaput said. pump and pump it down to the next 1960.

The department does guy’s house. You can’t pump it out — City Manager “I hope it is less than Mel Hawley what it can to prepare into the street,” he said.

25 percent,” Hawley for the surges. If rain is Chaput also doesn’t believe said. forecast workers check slow infiltration from private clay Hawley and Vergennes wastewater the pumps, and regularly clean lines contributes to the sudden treatment plant operator Rick Chaput them and a protective grate at the stormwater surges that overwhelm agree the clay mains are almost Macdonough Drive station. the Macdonough Drive station. certainly a major source of infiltration “Everything that comes into In looking at the big picture, and must be replaced. Chaput Macdonough Drive goes through Hawley returned to the ongoing described some of their condition. that rack. My guys, Monday, study.

“I’ve seen camerawork where the Wednesday, Friday, when they “We’ve got to get the lines pipe wasn’t even broken or damaged, physically check pump stations they mapped. We’ve got to find the silver but just simply by age it has worn the clean that rack,” Chaput said. “It’s a bullet,” Hawley said. bottom of that pipe away,” Chaput dirty job, but it’s gone a long way.

Chaput said there might be several said.

We’re just not seeing the frequency answers buried under city streets.

The result of the study is due in of problems.”

“Maybe we’ve got a storm drain March, and Hawley and Chaput One of two somewhere, and we’ve hope they can base recommendations Macdonough Drive got a pipe that’s routed on that data to the Vergennes City pumps also has a new “Whoosh, the wrong way, or …

Council for a larger fix. impeller, the pump blade it all comes there is a clay line with In the meantime, Chaput’s that pushes wastewater down at the a massive break in it,” department has taken other steps: through a pipe under he said, adding, “If • A third employee joined the Otter Creek to the worst possible you boil it down it’s department in 2016, allowing treatment station. It time.” tightening up the system more manhole inspections to find better handles rags, and — Rick Chaput, to deal with stormwater. underground problems and leaky the other pump will soon wastewater We’re actually working manhole seals. get one, Hawley said. treatment plant on it, we keep chipping • Wastewater station pumps have FUTURE STEPS operator away, looking at every technology that allows them to react But a global fix structure.” to water flow, and it has been tweaked still awaits. In 2015 Hawley said that to react more quickly to flow surges. the Agency of Natural Resources approach might ultimately be the • Some clay lines have already 1272 orders were replaced by answer. been replaced by the public a “Combined Sewer Overflow” “It would be great to find the works department during culvert directive. It stated, “There shall be magic bullet,” Hawley said. “But replacement and other projects. no overflows within 20 years.” the problem could be the sum of all ‘RAG’ CONTROL Hawley in 2015 told the city the small things that we’re missing.”

And the sewer department council the fix might not be cheap: Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at workers have also worked hard on “There’s no question we will have andyk@addisonindependent.com.

Be safe, wear hunter orange in the woods MONTPELIER — Vermont Fish & Wildlife is reminding hunters to wear fluorescent hunter orange.

“Hunting is one of the safest outdoor activities, and it’s getting safer thanks to advances in education as well as science,” said Nicole Meier, Vermont Fish & Wildlife information and education specialist.

“Our volunteer hunter education instructors stress that wearing orange during hunting season is important, and studies prove that wearing fluorescent hunter orange keeps hunters visible to other people in the woods, but it keeps them relatively invisible to deer.”

“Every year we should strive to be

the safest we can be by wearing at least a hunter orange hat and vest,” she added.

Meier says hunters moving into the line of fire of other hunters and mistaking other hunters for game are common causes of the state’s accidents.

The time that deer are most active, during the dawn and dusk hours, are times of especially low visibility.

You can improve your chances of being seen by other hunters by wearing hunter orange, which can be seen even in low-light situations.

“While it isn’t recommended to wear orange during waterfowl and turkey seasons, we certainly still

recommend hunter orange when you are going to and from your blind, tree stand or calling spot,” said Meier.

Concerns that hunter orange scares deer are unfounded. A deer’s vision is based on movement, patterns and color variations.

Unlike humans, deer do not have multiple color receptors in their eyes. They can see color, but their spectrum is limited. This means deer must rely heavily on their ability to detect movement over the ability to interpret color variations and patterns.

Regardless of how well deer see orange, ample anecdotal evidence suggests they aren’t bothered by it.

Vt. State

Police Log

116 South and River Road in Bristol.

Police said that 27-year-old Taylor Ryan of Middlebury was driving his 1996 Subaru Legacy south on Route 116 when he sideswiped a guardrail, crossed the centerline of the road and struck another guardrail, causing substantial damage to the vehicle as well as the guardrails.

While interacting with Ryan, troopers observed signs of impairment. Ryan offered to perform standardized field sobriety exercises and was subsequently arrested for suspicion of DUI. Police took him to the New Haven barracks for processing and cited him for DUI. Ryan refused medical attention.

• On Sept. 28 at around 8:30 a.m. troopers were dispatched to the same general area to respond to another one-car crash. Police report that a Bristol 17-year-old was driving a Nissan Maxima northbound on Route 116 near the intersection of River Road when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole, displacing it and causing significant front-end damage to the vehicle.

The vehicle came to rest in a nearby cornfield.

Route 116 was closed for several hours as Green Mountain Power and Champlain Valley Telecomm worked to restore the utility pole.

The Maxima was judged to be a total loss.

State police were assisted by Bristol police, fire and rescue personnel; the New Haven Fire Department; and the Addison County Sheriff’s Department.

Anyone with information regarding

the motor vehicle crash is asked to contact the New Haven barracks at 802-388-4919. Issuance of a traffic ticket is pending.

• On Sept. 30 at just after 6 p.m. responded to a single-vehicle collision with injuries at the intersection of Mt. Independence Road and Route 73 in Orwell. Police report that Jeffrey P. Gilpatric, 70, of Gray, Maine, was driving a Piaggio MP3 500 motor scooter eastbound on Mt. Independence Road when he lost control of his vehicle and traveled off the roadway. Gilpatric suffered a broken right shoulder, left upper arm and right clavicle. He was treated at Porter Hospital. A ticket is pending.

• On Oct. 2, after having received numerous complaints of marijuana use by John Davignon, 37, of Bristol in the Woodland Apartments, at 6 p.m. executed a search warrant on the apartment that Davignon occupied.

State police seized a large quantity of processed marijuana and related drug paraphernalia from Davignon’s apartment, arrested Davignon and cited him for possession of marijuana.

• On Oct. 2 at 9:48 p.m. received a report from a family member that Robert Ingham, 45, of Hancock was missing. Ingham was last seen in Middlebury at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday and did not return home to Hancock that in the evening.

Ingham was reported to be driving his silver 2005 Subaru Outback station wagon bearing Vermont license plate HCD801. He is described to be approximately 5-foot-11-inches tall, 180 pounds with black hair and blue eyes. Anyone who sees him or has information on Ingham’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Vermont State Police Royalton Barracks at 802-234-9933.

Learn about unusual and rare plants at the Rokeby

FERRISBURGH — The public is invited to the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh on Oct. 22 to learn about Vermont’s rare and unusual plants with botanist Robert Popp.

Popp tracks and inventories rare and unusual plants for Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.

From mountain-top ferns to wetland sedges, Vermont has dozens of uncommon varieties. Species may be rare because they have particular habitat requirements, are subject to habitat loss, are at the edge of their range, or are vulnerable to

disturbance or collection.

Popp’s talk will reminds listeners of the deep interest in natural history of the Robinson family, who occupied the Rokeby homestead off Route 7 in North Ferrisburgh in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Author Rowland Evans Robinson was an experienced amateur naturalist who made an important discovery in 1876. Out on a fox hunt, he discovered a small stand of gray, or jack, pine, which was previously unknown in Vermont.

Cuttings collected years later by

Charles Faxon made their way to the Gray Herbarium at Harvard.

Popp will speak on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m.; the charge for to attend his presentation is $2, or it is free with museum admission.

Rokeby Museum is a 90-acre historic site and National Historic Landmark, designated for its exceptional underground railroad history. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Oct. 29.

More information can by had by emailing Jane Williamson at Rokeby@comcast.net.

PAGE 12A — Addison Independent, Thursday, October 5, 2017

Bixby Library to hold bridge classes VERGENNES — For anyone who ever wanted to learn how to play Bridge, Bixby Library will be hosting a free eight-week Bridge Workshop for beginner players or those who are a bit rusty and want to get back into practice. Those interested must register by Oct. 9. A minimum of 10 people is needed to run the program, so bring friends along.

Teacher Louise Acker is an

experienced teacher and player. After completing the course, players can join us the weekly bridge gatherings at Bixby every Monday from 1-4 p.m.

— or start a bridge club of their own.

For more information contact Maddy or Sara at 802-877-2211 to register or email maddy.willwerth@ bixbylibrary.org. Irma Heeter, at 802877-3377 can also provide for more info about the workshop.

By the way

TOM BROUGHTON OF the Middlebury Lions presents a check to Kerri Duquette-Hoffman, center, and Amy Mason of WomenSafe on Sunday at Town Hall Theater to kick off the public phase of the organization’s $1.2 million capital campaign. A Rebecca Kinkead painting visible in the background sold in a silent auction raised $3,500 for WomenSafe.

WomenSafe (Continued from Page 1A) before adopting its current moniker in 2001.

Kerri Duquette-Hoffman, executive director of WomenSafe, noted the current fund drive has been in a “silent phase” for the past few years. During that time, specially targeted supporters have given a combined total of more than $500,000 to the capital project.

One anonymous donor has pledged $100,000; a few others have pledged five-figure contributions to go along with smaller gifts. No donation is too small, officials stressed.

The early success of the campaign has been very gratifying for DuquetteHoffman and the WomenSafe board, headed by Amy Mason.

“People are realizing this is a really special time in the history of this organization, and this is a life changing opportunity for people,” Mason said during a recent interview.

“It is a chance for our organization to really step it up to the next level and be able to answer the call the community gave us, which was to do more.

People who have been supporting our annual fund generously over the years acknowledged it was time to be part of this opportunity to make a transformational gift.”

With almost half of the $1.2 million in hand, WomenSafe made its fund drive public earlier this week. It officially kicked off at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Sunday, Oct. 1, with an event called “I RISE,” described by organizers as a “multi-layered program of literary and performance art inspired by, and in service to people impacted by domestic and sexual violence.”

Proceeds from the event, including a silent auction of an original Rebecca Kinkead work of art, benefitted the WomenSafe campaign.

Here are the three specific causes to which WomenSafe will put the $1.2 million to use:

• Purchase and renovation of its new headquarters.

WomenSafe leaders understandably don’t want to broadcast the address of its headquarters and other assets, for security reasons. But it’s safe to say the organization, staff and volunteers had outgrown their longtime Middlebury village location. Among other things, it did not have enough space for victims of domestic violence to be interviewed in total privacy by staff, according to Duquette-Hoffman.

Fortunately, the owners of an adjacent property said they would be willing to sell to WomenSafe at a reduced price. Organization officials said “yes,” and WomenSafe is now occupying the more spacious quarters. The new location provides ample office space, discreet meeting venues and even a separate playroom for children or parent-clients.

Estimated cost of this project: Around $350,000.

• Transitional housing.

WomenSafe’s clients include women who have fled abusive relationships and therefore can’t return home. In some cases, the victims have no family with whom to stay and inadequate resources to rent an apartment. With that in mind, WomenSafe plans to install two apartments in its former headquarters to provide temporary accommodations for victims and their children until they are able to get back on their feet.

Estimated cost of this project: Around $250,000.

• A reserve fund, overseen by the Vermont Community Foundation, that will help the nonprofit pay for long-term maintenance of its newly enlarged campus, as well as expand its prevention programs into more Addison County schools.

Those programs are now offered in around half of the county’s schools, according to Duquette-Hoffman.

Former North Branch School student returns as a teacher R I P T O N — The North Branch School in Ripton will be welcoming former NBS student Zelie Wright-Neil as the school’s first NBS Teaching Fellow.

Wright-Neil, of Leicester, who graduated from NBS in 2009, will work closely with Tal Birdsey, co-founder and head teacher, as well as the other teachers at the school while learning about the unique nature of the school’s mission to empower adolescent learners at this critical juncture of their lives.

As the school’s inaugural teaching fellow Wright-Neil will be immersed in all aspects of what it takes to run a small, independent school. “We want aspiring educators to see how a school like NBS can be made, what it is made of,” said Birdsey. “Zelie understands the process of the threeyear program at NBS, and she will

be a huge asset in supporting the students and being part of the school c o m m u n i t y.

Our hope is that Zelie and future teaching fellows will take what they learn here into the broader educational culture.”

A recent graduate of St. Lawrence U n i v e r s i t y, Wright-Neil has worked with the Counseling Service of Addison County and is currently enrolled in a Masters of Education program at Champlain College.

“I am excited to return to NBS and I am particularly interested in learning how the students at NBS stay engaged.” says Wright-Neil.

“One of the strengths of the school is that students truly feel invested in their education. They are part of a community and a family at the school and they work together to learn, strengthen and develop.”

Using anatomically correct dolls, WomenSafe educators talk to students, teachers and parents about protecting potential victims from sexual abuse and violence, and preventing potential perpetrators from harming others.

WomenSafe has successfully applied for federal grants to underwrite the cost of its prevention programs.

But Duquette-Hoffman said it would be prudent for the organization to have its own pot of money to boost its prevention program staff and prepare for the day when the grant money could evaporate.

Targeted size of the combined maintenance/prevention fund: $600,000.

“Our vision is to at least double our prevention efforts,” reads a WomenSafe flyer explaining the capital campaign. “We believe this is absolutely key in making our community safer for everyone,

especially for children.”

People who want to contribute to the WomenSafe campaign can do so through womensafe.net, through the organization’s Facebook page, or by calling 388-9180. WomenSafe also has a toll-free hotline for clients: 1-800-388-4205.

WomenSafe officials are also considering an organizational change that doesn’t require funding. They’re discussing a potential a name change to better reflect the fact that its services are delivered to a broader demographic than women.

“Our name shouldn’t exclude other people,” Duquette-Hoffman said.

“We don’t just serve women,” Mason said. “It’s about prevention, children and families. We are here for the safety of everyone in Addison County and the (Route 100) town of Rochester.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

(Continued from Page 1A) Creative Space is doing with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes and Vergennes Union Elementary School.

Email info@creativespacegallery. org to let them know that you are interested in the workshops, and whether you are experienced or new to printmaking, so that they can coordinate with all participants.

Some donated block material will be available, or you can bring your own — maximum width of blocks is 30 inches and they should be a halfinch thick. Actual prints will be made on Oct. 14 when a lawn roller or paving equipment will press the prints in the Kennedy Brothers parking lot. The workshops are free, but the printing fee is $20.

Karen Greene, an English teacher at Middlebury Union High School, will be recognized next Thursday, Oct. 12, as a distinguished finalist for the 2018 Vermont Teacher of the Year award. The recognition will come at a University of Vermont event where the Vermont Agency of Education and UVM celebrate 2017 UVM Outstanding Teacher Day and honor an Essex High School English teacher as Vermont’s best educator this year.

Congratulations, Karen!

The Brother-to-Brother organization will hold its first event of the year on Friday, Oct. 6 — apple picking at the Happy Valley Orchard. All middle schoolage boys in Addison County are invited to come to the Quarry Road orchard in Middlebury from 4:306 p.m. to kick off the fall with by picking apples and having some cider donuts! Send an email to btb@middlebury.edu to RSVP or request more information. In case you don’t remember them, BTB is a youth mentorship group run by students from Middlebury College.

They are always accepting new

participants.

The Vermont Senate Committee on Agriculture is holding meetings this fall to gather from the public recommendations for improving the rural economy of the state. Specifically, the Committee on Agriculture requests suggested ways or actions to encourage the growth or increased productivity of Vermont’s farming industry, forest product industry and rural businesses. Five meetings have been scheduled, including one on Oct. 12 at the Salisbury town office, 25 Schoolhouse Road in Salisbury; the meeting is from 2-4 p.m.

CORRECTION: A Sept. 28 letter to the editor from the staff of Homeward Bound, the local animal shelter, thanked Addison County’s veterinarians who have reliably served the homeless animals at the shelter, but when it did a name check of those vets it inadvertently left off one important veterinarian: the Middlebury Animal Hospital.

Homeward Bound Executive Director Jessica Danyow asked us to add Middlebury Animal Hospital to her list of generous and capable local vets who help out at the shelter.

The Department of Taxes is reminding Vermonters that the last day to file a Property Tax Adjustment or Renter Rebate Claim is Oct. 16. The Vermont Property Tax Adjustment and Renter Rebate programs assist in making housing more affordable for thousands of Vermonters. All Vermont homestead owners must file a Homestead Declaration (form HS-122) even if they are not seeking an income based property tax adjustment. Homestead Declarations filed after the 16th will be classified as non-homestead and face a higher tax rate be assessed a penalty. More information is online at tax.vermont. gov.

Addison Independent, Thursday, October 5, 2017 — PAGE 13A

5K run/walk in Midd will benefit reproductive justice center

The Hub (Continued from Page 1A) you would have fancy computers, or she completes the program. It’s an 3-D printers, virtual reality, video effective incentive, said Krushenick, games. All this stuff is here, but it’s who said the program’s efficacy is tracked with pre- and post-PREP overseen by an adult.”

And with all these teen allurements surveys, demonstrating what kids comes clear safety rules — no know.

“Kids are reluctant to try new smoking, no drugs, no promoting of drugs, no bullying — and level- things. They’re reluctant to take a sexual health curriculum. They take headed caring adults.

“We want kids to see that there are PREP to get the $150, but they learn adult humans who are safe to interact a bunch of stuff,” he said.

The Hub also provides job training: with. There are adult humans that how to get a job, how to keep a job. they can talk to,” said Krushenick.

“Kids are invested in this place, One of the most important aspects and they love this place. Kids tell us of the jobs program is bringing local all the time that they don’t know what business owners and managers into The Hub to talk to kids face to face. they would do without this place.”

“It’s not blind to us that a lot of The Hub serves youth ages 1219. During the school year, it’s open our kids come from impoverished Monday through Friday, noon to 6 households. So how can we get these p.m. On average about 20 kids a day kids jobs? How can we get them in front of people who can hire them?” come through its doors said Krushenick.

— on some days as “Bringing in business few as eight, on others “The Hub fills owners works two ways. over 30. According to a niche for The Hub’s website, its those kids who One, kids get to learn what business owners teen center and skate are looking for. Two, park serves over 400 don’t fall into we get the kids in front individual teens a year. that traditional of business owners. afterschool teen All programming is free. who is going to They’ve now got facetime with potential Besides the fun and play a sport, employers, and maybe games — including who’s going to that’s what opens the the wildly popular door to a job for them.” sleepovers (doors get involved in One of The Hub’s locked at 9 p.m., 30- every club.” important 40 kids together with — Darla Senecal, most accomplishments, said staff for a safe, all-night Bristol Rec Director Krushenick, is bringing jam with food, games kids from different and movies) — The Hub regularly offers other kinds of backgrounds together, erasing clique boundaries that might exist at school. programming.

“We have the geeks, the freaks, One is called PREP (Personal Responsibility Education Program), the jocks, the goths — and I say an evidence-based teen sexual that with love. Anything that you education program from the U.S. can imagine from an ’80s or ’90s Department of Health and Human movie high school trope that exists Services. PREP helps kids make — they all come in here and they all healthy choices around abstinence, hang out. It’s The Hub family,” said birth control and contraception. It Krushenick. “Every kid that comes also addresses healthy relationships, in here interacts with every other. positive adolescent development, They don’t sit on separate sides of The Hub.” and parent-child communication.

Krushenick said The Hub provides BIG HEART & DEDICATION Part of The Hub magic has been PREP classes in different formats.

During a break week, The Hub Krushenick himself. He has been might “bust out the 16 classes in a Hub employee since 2008 and two days.” Other times, Krushenick became director in 2013.

“Ryan has brought such and Hub Program Manager Brian LaClair lead the classes in four-week compassion,” said Senecal. “He’s sessions. The program is funded got the biggest heart of anyone you through the Vermont Department will ever meet, and he is dedicated of Health, which provides The Hub to teens. I always say he gets them, with $150 per participant. The Hub he knows how to speak to them, he gives that $150 to the teen when he knows how to plan for them. He’s

JAYDEN WHITE, LEFT, a ninth grader from New Haven, and Brianna Trayah, a Bristol senior, play Super Smash Bros. 4 at The Hub after school recently. The comfy couches and tech toys help kids relax, which paves the way for more serious programming.

Independent photo/Gaen Murphree

passionate about working with them.

And doesn’t every teen deserve that?”

Krushenick is that rare adult who’s never lost touch with the vulnerable adolescent side of himself. He well remembers growing up in Warren and being a skateboarder kid with no place to skateboard, being labeled a “menace to society” and hitchhiking to Montpelier and to Waterbury to find a place to skateboard or hang out.

“And I think, ‘Man, I’m glad that I had those places,’ and, ‘Man, it’s terrifying to think about a 14-yearold hitchhiking that far, no money in his pocket.’ That was me. I’m here because I was that transient kid who didn’t have a place to go,” said Krushenick.

Earlier this month, Krushenick gave notice. He’ll serve as Hub director through the end of the 2018 school year then leave to take on a new adventure. Senecal plans to begin a search early in 2018.

Looking ahead to the leadership transition, Senecal said she will soon form two committees: one to gather community input on how The Hub can best serve local communities, another to raise money to renovate the skate park.

Krushenick said that continuing challenges for The Hub have been fundraising and overcoming a

community stereotype that it was a place for “bad kids.”

Last summer, for example, Krushenick’s hours were eliminated as a cost-cutting measure, and summer operating hours were cut back overall. Senecal said that summer numbers are historically lower due to lack of transportation to get kids to and from The Hub. But given the program’s importance, she is actively looking for grants to address the summer transportation piece and would like to reinstate the cut summer hours. During the school year, teens can get a ride home on a Mount Abraham Union High School after-school activities bus.

Krushenick believes The Hub isn’t so much an expense as an investment for Bristol and other local communities.

“I see the kids that we did lose through the cracks, and I see the kids that were right on the fence that we pulled over to the right side. Can you put a dollar value on that? Can you put a dollar value on each kid that’s not getting wrapped up in the criminal justice system as an adult, that’s not addicted to opiates, that’s not pregnant as a 14-year-old? Those are the kids that we help pull from the fray, and this place does factually do that. Bristol thrives because of it.”

He noted that many Hub alum are also among the most likely to

stay in the local community after graduation.

In terms of having sometimes had a bad rap, Krushenick observed that one of the most important things he did when he came in as Hub director was to work together with Senecal and former Police Chief Kevin Gibbs to create clear, firm rules for Hub participation. Now he said, teens embrace the rules and remind each other to respect them.

Hub alum Paige Parke, a 2015 Mount Abe graduate now living in Middlebury, said The Hub made a difference in her life.

“The Bristol Hub has been a safe place for kids for as long as I can remember. It has been a place that every kid can feel comfortable and supported,” she said. “The employees there always make everyone feel at home by constantly showing their support, love and dedication for all of our well being.

From being there to talk to us when we need someone to providing us food for when we are hungry, they go above and beyond for all of us.

“It’s meant so much to me growing up that I always had someone there for me, even at the hardest of times.

The Bristol Hub and the people there have always been a positive influence in my life, and I wouldn’t be the person I was without having gone there.”

MIDDLEBURY — Chellis House, Middlebury College’s women’s resource center, is sponsoring the second annual Steps Towards Reproductive Justice: A Middlebury 5K, Sunday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m. at the Axinn Center. Participants may run, walk, or skip around the golf course while educating themselves about the subject.

What is reproductive justice? It is a movement that advocates for people to have the right to have kids, not have kids, and to have the resources to raise their kids safely and free from oppression and shame. Reproductive justice centers on marginalized groups and emphasizes the effects of lack of access to resources, which impacts many women’s reproductive decisions.

Eliminating racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, classism — these are all reproductive justice issues.

The event is free and open to all — Middlebury students, faculty, staff, and community members.

There will be snacks offered, as well as the opportunity to tie-dye t-shirts (for the first 40 people) and a free raffle!

Find us on Facebook at go.middlebury.edu/steps/. Go to go.middlebury.edu/stepsform/ to register.

Hear about American Revolution in Orwell ORWELL — On Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m., historian and site interpreter Paul Andriscin offers an illustrated talk about the American Revolution happenings of 1777 at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont.

What was going on outside of Mount Independence 240 years ago, as the British under Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne headed toward Saratoga, New York? Learn about the events on Long Island and New York City, and British Gen. William Howe’s effort to capture Philadelphia. Did these factors lead to the failure of Burgoyne’s plan to split off New England from the rest of the United States? Come find out.

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Hemp Pomainville, because the thick stalks (Continued from Page 1A) care products and are considered to are likely to gum up a combine. He said he’s heard that older combines have medicinal properties.

“The old folks used to say, ‘You can successfully harvest hemp, can eat everything on a pig except and he has a 1973 wheat combine the squeal.’ It’s a lot like that with he thinks can do the job — with some likely tinkering to improve the hemp,” Pomainville said.

He and Berthiaume grew performance.

“The last time the United States their hemp without pesticide or herbicide, and hemp promoters harvested hemp it did it pretty much assert the plant grows well without by hand, horses and sickle bar,” Pomainville noted. chemical applications.

Because of federal Pomainville’s dairy “The last restrictions, getting herd and land are access to quality seed certified organic, which time the is important to Bedard United States remains a challenge to hemp farmers and his Vermont Hemp harvested nationwide. Pomainville Company. Bedard will hemp it did it and Berthiaume got their buy the grain from seed from Bedard, who this field and sell it to pretty much had to drive to North Victory Hemp Foods by hand, Carolina to source it in Kentucky, which is horses and through a university. looking to source some The seed itself came 5,000 acres of Vermont- sickle.”

— farmer Joel from France. grown organic hemp Pomainville Tebbetts said he is grain. The company taking a deeper look at processes the grain the potential for hemp into vegetable oil, raw unshelled “hemp hearts,” flour and in Vermont and he hopes to “bring a protein powder. It retails primary other state partners along with me on through natural foods stores and the economic development side.”

Likely next steps, he said, could is already on grocery store shelves be getting more clarity from the across the country, Bedard said.

Bedard hopes to grow the business federal government, talking to farm agencies in other hemp-growing further in Vermont.

He is looking to partner with states, helping to get quality seed Vermont farmers in what he’s into the state on a timely basis, calling a “farmer-facing business” and lending research and technical that would remunerate farmers support for growing and harvesting. equitably. He said he’s also looking If, for example, hemp requires to build a hemp processing facility, special harvesting machinery, the with additional acreage for hemp- state could make that machinery available for loan, as the Extension growing research.

Bedard said he’s put together service does for hops harvesting.

As with any ag product “there’s about $1.8 million in financing and is looking for the right 30- to 50- the growing and then there’s the marketing and acre site, and that Addison County manufacturing, could be an ideal place to locate his selling of it,” Tebbetts observed.

IS HEMP LEGAL? processing and research facility.

Despite the building momentum, “Addison County is where I want hemp’s legal status remains unclear. to be,” Bedard said.

Although the 2014 Farm Bill opened EASY TO GROW Pomainville and Berthiaume, a narrow pathway to legality, partnering in this trial venture, said Schmalz said it lacked clarity and that this first crop has been easy to hemp remains regulated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The grow.

“Set it and forget it,” Berthiaume crop is legally sanctioned by only 17 states, including Vermont. said.

Farmers growing hemp in Vermont The cousins planted this year’s crop in a tiled field, but because of the must register, pay a $25 fee, and sign excessive rains this summer couldn’t a form acknowledging that “until get seed into the ground until July 6. current federal law is amended to While the crop isn’t growing as tall provide otherwise cultivation and as it would in a year with an earlier possession of hemp in Vermont is a violation of the Federal Controlled planting date, the crop looks good.

Harvesting will be a possible Substances Act” and that “federal farming challenge, noted prosecution for growing hemp in

MIDDLEBURY DAIRY FARMER Joel Pomainville, left, hemp-growing partner Sam Berthiaume, center, and Joel Bedard, CEO of the Vermont Hemp Company, stand in the 13-acre patch of hemp Pomainville and Berthiaume will sell to Bedard as a grain crop. Bedard is interested in building a $1.8 million hemp research and processing facility in Addison County.

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SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Anson Tebbetts takes a closer look at a hemp plant grown

by Middlebury farmers Joel Pomainville and Sam Berthiaume.

violation of federal law may include criminal penalties, forfeiture of property, and loss of access to federal agricultural benefits, including

agricultural loans, conservation programs, and insurance programs.”

Gulp.

Tebbetts said state support could help there too. While his agency can’t provide “concrete assurance” that the DEA wouldn’t come after an individual farmer, Tebbetts said, “I think there might be a little more comfort with the farmers if they knew that Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture was working with them … This is about food, fuel and fiber and nothing more.”

As dairy farmers, Pomainville and Berthiaume express a range of enthusiasms for industrial hemp.

Berthiaume, the driving force behind the farm’s venture into hemp growing, is unreservedly enthusiastic.

Pomainville, over a lifetime in farming, has seen a number of supposed cash crops come and go.

“When we had the fallow deer craze the state was like ‘Farmers, you need to do this. This is huge.’ But it was a breeder’s crop. To buy fallow deer, a female, was like $1,200.

Now you can’t give them away.

The ostrich market — a fertilized egg was $250. Where’s that market now?” Pomainville observed.

Still, it’s an interesting opportunity to be at the forefront of a potential new commodity, he said. But as a commodity, he also assumes that “if it takes off, then it’ll (eventually) go down. It was like that in Canada.

When it first started it was huge.

Now farmers are making an average of like $250 net an acre.

“If it takes off, it takes off. I’m not betting the farm on it.”

SIX-FOOT-TALL hemp plants stand out against a blue, cloudless sky in a Middlebury field this past Monday. The plants give off a clean, sharp lemony scent and are being grown for grain production.

VERMONT HEMP COMPANY’S Rye Matthews, center right, discusses hemp’s properties with Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts, center left. Joel Bedard, CEO of the Vermont Hemp Company. is at left and Tim Schmalz is at right.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017

MATT DICKERSON

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Big trout, warm weather I recently had a chance to fish for a day and a half in one of those small New England streams that holds surprisingly big trout. I was staying with my brother for a couple nights in the newly opened Medawisla Lodge, in a 75,000-acre conservation area run by the Appalachian Mountain Club. It sits in a land of many waters in the space between Moosehead Lake and Baxter State Park where the Appalachian Trail ends (or begins) at Mount Katahdin in Maine.

To get at why the trout in that stream are surprisingly big, I need to back up. Among the species of the cold-water salmon family (Salmonidae) — a family that includes the Atlantic and Pacific salmon as well as the fish we refer to as trout and char — there are many different possible life cycles.

Populations of fish that spend their entire lives in rivers or streams are called fluvial. Most of the brook, brown and rainbow trout I catch in my rivers of Addison County are fluvial fish. By contrast, fish whose entire life cycle is spent in a lake are referred to as lacustrine. A lacustrine trout may occasionally move into a stream to feed, but it is a temporary visit. They even spawn in the lake.

Lake trout are one of very few salmonids that are truly lacustrine.

The vast majority of trout and salmon need to spawn in flowing water.

Anadromous fish live their adult lives in saltwater, but when it is time to spawn they swim up a freshwater river or stream — usually the same one in which they were hatched — to lay their eggs. The juveniles therefore begin life in the flowing fresh water before moving out to sea (hopefully) to grow really big, and then swim back in to lay more eggs.

Pacific and Atlantic salmon as well as steelhead trout are anadromous.

Some biologists will further divide this category. A truly anadromous fish will head out to sea and not return until it is time to spawn. Some fish, however, will continually move back and forth between salt water and fresh, never going too far out to sea, following the food supply and enjoying the abundant life in estuaries.

The fourth category into which salmonid populations may belong are the adfluvial fish, which divide their life cycles between lakes and rivers. They spawn in running water, but live their adult lives in lakes.

(See Dickerson, Page 4B)

ScoreBOARD

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE JUNIOR Grace Jennings gets around fallen Rensselaer goaltender Rachel Kaufman Tuesday evening. Jennings had a goal and two assists in Middlebury’s 3-0 win.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Panther field hockey picking up the pace Offense emerges in three victories

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College field hockey team on Tuesday picked up its third win in seven days, 3-0 over visiting Rensselaer in which the 7-2 Panthers held the Engineers without a shot on goal.

That result followed a 6-1 home victory on Saturday over visiting NESCAC foe Colby and a 6-2 decision on Sept. 27 over visiting Skidmore. The 15 goals in three games followed a stretch in which the Panthers, now ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division III, scored just 12 times in five outings.

Scoring balance is an obvious factor in the surge: In nine games seven Panthers have at least three goals, led

by Molly Freeman’s six and Annie Leonard’s five, and 10 have at least two.

Coach Katharine DeLorenzo added several more reasons why things are clicking heading into this coming Saturday’s game at Tufts, also 7-2 (See Field hockey, Page 3B)

Soccer teams net wins, tie

ADDISON COUNTY — In high school soccer play earlier this week, the Vergennes girls picked up a road win, the Middlebury girls coasted at home, the VUHS boys earned a tie on the road, and the Otter Valley girls lost a close contest away from home.

VUHS GIRLS On Tuesday the Commodore girls defeated host Green Mountain Valley, 1-0, in overtime. Morgan Lynk converted the game-winner in a goalmouth scramble following a VUHS corner kick.

GMVS goalie Sophie Rosen had stopped 13 Commodore bids to that point, including denying five breakaways. VUHS goalie Anya Sonwaldt made nine saves as the Commodores improved to 3-5.

TIGER GIRLS On Tuesday the MUHS girls cruised past winless Missisquoi, 5-0.

Ailey Bosworth (two first-half goals less than a minute apart) and Helen Anderson (goal, assist) led the attack. Meredith Kimble and Abby Gleason also scored; Alice Ganey, Annie Lapiner, Ada Anderson and Nora Draper were credited with assists; and the Tigers held the T-Birds without a shot on goal as they improved to 5-3. MVU’s Madison Conley made 18 saves.

VUHS BOYS On Monday the Commodore (See Wrap, Page 3B)

Sports BRIEFS Golf events alive at Ralph Myhre

PANTHER SOPHOMORE EMMA Johns advances the ball up the field during Tuesday’s game against Rensselaer.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Tiger, Commodore runners place in top ten

By ANDY KIRKALDY RANDOLPH — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams each raced to second-place finishes at Saturday’s

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Randolph Invitational, while the Vergennes boys took fourth in a seven-team field.

Tigers Sam Hodges and Camille Malhotra finished second and third

in the boys’ and girls’ races, respectively, while Commodore boys Spencer Hurlburt and Wade Mullin and Tiger girls Caroline Kimble and Malia Hodges all cracked the top 10.

St. Johnsbury cruised to victory in both races, scoring 26 in the boys’ race, ahead of MUHS (78), Lyndon (89) and VUHS (95), with Randolph (See Runners, Page 2B)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 10/2 OV vs. Fair Haven............................6-0 10/3 U-32 vs. MUHS.................................6-2 10/3 CVU vs. Mt. Abe...............................5-1 Girls’ Soccer 10/2 Long Trail vs. OV..............................1-0 10/3 MUHS vs. Missisquoi........................5-0 10/3 VUHS vs. GMVS..................... 1-0 (OT) 10/4 Mt. Abe at Rice...............................Late Boys’ Soccer 10/2 VUHS at Spaulding.................6:30 p.m.

10/4 MUHS at Missisquoi.......................Late 10/4 Milton at VUHS...............................Late COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 10/3 Midd. vs. RPI....................................3-1 Men’s Soccer 10/1 Midd. vs. Plymouth St. .....................1-0 Field Hockey 10/3 Midd. vs. RPI....................................3-0

MIDDLEBURY — Regular weekly competitions continued under good weather last week at Ralph Myhre Golf Course.

In the Sept. 26 Tuesday Evening Men’s Scramble the threesome of Mike Adams, Bernie Andrews and Josh Newton prevailed.

The trio of Adams, Bill Brown and Steve Maier won in Sept. 28 Thursday Night Bill Davidson Men’s Golf action, with the threesome of Paul Politano, Dave Foran and Fred Belanger taking second and the group of Joe Bartlett, Deem Schoenfeld and Dayton Wakefield finishing third.

Also on the 28th Brown earned low-net honors, and Nick Causton and Russ Reilly won closest-to-thepin competitions.

On Sept. 29, the quartet of Frank Broughton, Maryann Broughton, Wes Smith and Harold Strassner came out on top in Friday Evening Mixer play.

Middlebury men split two games

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s soccer team split a pair of home games this past weekend. The Panthers, 6-3 overall and 2-3 in NESCAC play, lost to league foe Colby on Saturday and defeated non-league visitor Plymouth State on Saturday. Middlebury will visit Tufts on Saturday.

On this past Saturday Colby (4(See Soccer, Page 4B)

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 10/5 Mt. Abe at MUHS....................3:45 p.m.

10/6 Burr & Burton at OV.....................4 p.m.

10/9 Burlington at MUHS................3:45 p.m.

10/11 MUHS at Colchester.............3:45 p.m.

10/11 Essex at Mt. Abe...................3:45 p.m.

10/11 OV at Windsor...........................4 p.m.

10/13 CVU at MUHS......................3:45 p.m.

10/13 Mt. Abe at Rice.....................3:45 p.m.

10/14 OV at Springfield.....................11 a.m.

Football 10/6 Burr & Burton at MUHS...............7 p.m.

10/6 OV at Mt. Anthony.......................7 p.m.

10/7 Bellows Falls at Mt. Abe..............1 p.m.

10/13 MUHS at Burlington...................7 p.m.

(See Schedule, Page 4B)

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE Kieran Bhave waits for a ball to drop in front of Colby goalkeeper Avery Gibson Saturday morning. The Panthers lost the game, 2-0.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE GOALKEEPER Jeremy Yeager catches and protects the ball in front of a Colby attacker Saturday. Yeager made six saves in Middlebury’s 2-0 loss to Colby.

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OV only winner in field hockey Eagles, Tigers fall, to meet Thursday

ADDISON COUNTY — In high school field hockey action earlier this week Otter Valley won big, but Mount Abraham and Middlebury came up short.

OTTERS On Monday the Otters coasted at Fair Haven, 6-0, as Katie Coolidge (two goals, assist) and Morgan LaPorte (two goals) led the attack.

Alia Edmunds and Livia Bernhardt also scored, and Chelsea Reed chipped in an assist. Goalie

Ellie Ross made four saves as the Otters, third place in Division II, improved to 6-2-1, including a forfeit of a Sept. 23 home game vs. Springfield in which the Cosmos could not field a team. Jordyn Howard stopped eight shots for the 0-7-1 Slaters on Monday.

EAGLES On Tuesday visiting Champlain Valley scored the game’s final four goals in a 5-1 victory over the Eagles. Lydia Maitland led the 4-4 Redhawks with two goals and two assists, and goalie Kristy Carlson stopped six shots.

Jalen Cook’s early goal for

the Eagles made it 1-1, and goalie Chessley Jackman made three saves for the 3-4-2 Eagles, who visit MUHS on Thursday seeking to snap a six-game winless streak.

TIGERS On Tuesday host U-32 broke through for its first win at the Tigers’ expense, 6-2. Raider Brook Houghton notched a hat trick as her team improved to 1-7.

Phoebe Smith scored and set up Maeve Hammel’s goal for the Tigers, who will be looking to break into the win column when they host the Eagles on Thursday.

MAHA offering programs for youngsters MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association is once again this winter offering its introductory Girls Learn to Play Hockey and Try Hockey for Free programs.

MAHA emphasizes the six-week Girls Learn to Play Hockey program, held at the Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury, is as much about having fun and creating new friendships as it is about learning

hockey.

No experience is required, and coaches will teach the basics of hockey on Sundays and Tuesdays between Nov. 19 and Dec. 31.

Those interested may learn more or register at middhockey.com.

MAHA will host two Try Hockey for Free events this winter for children between the ages of 4 and 9, also at the Memorial Sports Center. The dates will be on Nov. 4 and

March 3 at times to be announced at middhockey.com.

According to MAHA, Try Hockey for Free is designed to provide kids a completely free experience to try youth hockey. A limited amount of equipment is available to borrow. MAHA coaches will assist children in learning the basics, and participants do not need any previous skating or hockey experience.

Middlebury reels off 9th straight victory MIDDLEBURY — The Middle- off nine straight points, including bury College volleyball team on three straight kills by Becca Raffel, Saturday closed September with its to snap a 7-7 tie and were not threatened afterward. ninth straight win, a 25-13, In the second set they 25-13, 25-13 victory over went on a 6-1 run for a visiting Colby (2-9, 0-4 decisive 14-7 lead, with NESCAC). The Panthers Sarah Staver producing improved to 11-2, 4-0 in a pair of kills during the league play, and return VOLLEYBALL surge. to the court Friday, when The Panthers took control with an they host Connecticut College at 8 p.m., and Saturday, when they host early 10-2 run in the third set, highlighted by three kills from Isabel Wesleyan at 2 p.m.

In the first set the Panthers rattled Sessions.

panther

PANTHER SOPHOMORE OLIVIA Miller avoids a hip check by Rensselaer’s Jen Nestor and follows a loose ball during Tuesday afternoon’s game on Dragone Field. Middlebury won the game, 3-1.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Women’s soccer picks up wins

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s soccer team picked up three recent wins to improve to 6-2-1, 2-2-1 in NESCAC play. The Panthers will next visit league foe Tufts on Saturday.

On Sept. 27 the Panthers posted a 5-0 non-conference triumph at Keene State. Middlebury took an early lead on Virginia Charman’s shot from outside the penalty area and made it 2-0 midway through the first half when Alissa Huntington netted the rebound of an Amanda Dafonte shot. Three minutes later Clare Robinson converted an assist from Sabrina Glaser.

Dafonte, on the rebound of an Alex Barber shot, and Charman, with an assist from Ellie Greenberg, added second-half goals for Middlebury.

Eva Shaw played the opening half in goal for the Panthers and finished with three saves, while Ursula Alwang made four stops in the final 45 minutes. Abbie Terrinca collected five saves for the Owls as Middlebury held a 20-10 advantage in shots.

On this past Saturday Middlebury earned a 1-0 NESCAC victory over visiting Colby (3-4-1, 0-4-1 NESCAC).

The Panthers had two chances on corner kicks in the first half, but broke through 3:02 into the second half on a free kick near midfield. Eliza Robinson served a long ball into the penalty area, and Eliza Van Voorhis touched home.

Despite a late flurry of Panther chances and their 19-4 edge in shots, the game ended at 1-0. Alwang made two saves for her second shutout of the season, while Mule goalie Dani Lonati made seven stops.

On Tuesday, the Panthers erupted for three goals in the second half to post a 3-0 non-league win over visiting Rensselaer (6-3-1).

The Panthers had more chances in the first half, when they outshot RPI, 12-3. But the Engineer defense blocked bids by Van Voorhis and Huntington, Alex Barber fired just high, and RPI goalie Joey Lyons (10 saves) dove to stop Van Voorhis.

Van Voorhis made it 1-0 1:13 into the second half. Emma Shumway crossed to Glaser, who headed to Van Voorhis for a tap-in.

Middlebury made it 2-0 at 68:32, when Eliza Robinson finished a feed from Glaser, after a Anna Glovin free kick hit the crossbar.

RPI’s Alexis Castrellon converted a penalty kick at 74:06, and Panthers responded a minute later later, when Glaser netted the rebound of her own shot.

Middlebury finished with a 23-7 advantage in shots (23-7). including a 12-3 edge in the opening half. Shaw made one stop in the opening half, and Alwang made one save in the second half.

Raffel and Eliana Schaefer paced a balanced Middlebury offense with 11 kills each. Sessions and Staver chipped in with eight and seven kills, respectively, while Emma Walsh handed out a match-high 32 assists to go along 12 digs. Gigi Alper tallied a match-high 14 digs, and Emily Kolodka added 11 digs for the Panthers. Schaefer and Staver both finished with four blocks. Middlebury limited Colby to an .038 hitting percentage, while the Panthers hit .393 as a team in the sweep.

Runners (Continued from Page 1B) (101), Lake Region (153) and Blue Mountain (189) rounding out the field.

Only three teams fielded the minimum five runners needed to score in the smaller girls’ field. St. J (21) topped MUHS (36) and South Royalton (85). Emma Beauchemin finished 21st to lead the VUHS contingent.

MUHS and VUHS runners are scheduled on this Saturday to be joined by their peers from Mount Abraham and Otter Valley at Thetford’s Woods Trails Run, which is contested on the course that on Oct. 28 will host the state championship meet.

Saturday’s boys’ winner and local finishers in the 5K races were: 1. Riley Fenoff, Danville, 16:08.85; 2. Samuel Hodges, MUHS, 17:08.88; 8. Spencer Hurlburt,

VUHS, 17:58.83; 10. Wade Mullin, VUHS, 18:18.61; 15. Julian Schmitt, MUHS, 18:39.75; 17. Thomas Hussey, MUHS, 18:58.22; 23. Erich Reitz, VUHS, 19:25.72; 24. Gabe Praamsma, VUHS; 19:28.49; 25.

Thomas Nevins, MUHS; 19:39.22; and 27. William Carpenter, MUHS; 19:43.68. MUHS. Also, 30.

Daniel Wisell, MUHS,19:52.09; 35. Nico Brayton, MUHS, 20:10.38; 50. Ben Praamsma, VUHS, 21:45.8; 52.

Ben Balparda, MUHS, 21:52.72; 53. Samuel Klingensmith, MUHS, 21:55.11; 54. Hunter Heffernan, MUHS, 21:57.91; 55. Ethan Reiderer, MUHS, 22:05.38; 63. Jacob Weber, MUHS, 23:16.28; 66. Duncan Cogan, MUHS, 23:34.33; 69. Michael Huber, MUHS, 24:21.91; 71.

Griffin Schneider, MUHS, 25:16.55; 72. Jaime Gonzalez, MUHS, 25:56.75; 73. Nicholas Suchomel,

MUHS, 26:03.75; 74. Fraser Milligan, MUHS, 26:04.66; and 77. Theo Wells-Spackman, MUHS, 26:28.18.

Saturday’s girls’ winner and local finishers were: 1. Rebecca Green, St. J, 20:05.24; 3. Camille Malhotra, MUHS, 20:53.46; 8. Caroline Kimble, MUHS, 21:27; 10. Malia Hodges, MUHS, 21:54.93; 13. Isabel Olson, MUHS, 22:24.93; 16. Katherine Koehler, MUHS, 22:45.72; 17. Mary Ann Eastman, MUHS, 23:04.46; 18. Kate Wallace, MUHS, 23:28.05; 21. Emma Beauchemin, VUHS, 23:31.46; 26. Maisie Newbury, MUHS, 24:40.4; 29. Ashley Cray, VUHS, 24:49.55; 32. Mira Maglienti, MUHS, 25:02.64; 36. Greta Hardy-Mittell, MUHS, 26:25.75; 37.

Journey LaRose, MUHS, 26:40.78; and 38. Sophie Marks, MUHS, 26:42.24.

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Brooks Jr. prevails in Wrap horseshoes tourney

BRISTOL — Thomas Brooks Jr. claimed the title at the Bev Forgues 100 Shoe Toss Tournament that was held at the Sodbusters Horseshoe Club courts off Airport Road in Bristol on Sept. 26.

The horseshoe pitching competition did not have head-to-head matches, but instead everyone pitched 100 horseshoes, counted that score, and then added in their handicap (based on previous play) and came up with the final score.

“This is a handicap tournament, where you’re against everyone on the list,” explained Sodbusters official Mike Brown.

Brooks, who had a handicap of 109, came away with a final tally of 213. Brown was close behind with 211, followed by the tournament namesake, Beverly Forgues, and Alan Curler tied at 209.

The complete results, with place and points, were as follows:

1. Thomas Brooks Jr., 213 points; 2. Michael Brown, 211; 3. Beverly Forgues, 209; 4. Alan Curler, 209; 5. Debra Brown, 204; 6. Mistylee Baird, 201; 7. Lou Cousino, 197; 8. Ken Cassidy, 164; 9.

Michael Devino, 184; and 10. Donna Lewis, 184.

And also, 11.

Maurice Cyr, 196; 12. Leon Ross, 192; 13. Bob Briggs, 192; 14. Vicki Keithan, 185; 15. Ron Williamson, 185; 16. Lisa Briggs, 182; 17. Brianna McCormick, 167; and 18. Nate Pelletier, 163, 22.

The Sodbusters Horseshoe Club will host the Roger Forgues/Fall Finale Open “Horseshoe Mania” Tournament next Sunday, Oct. 8.

Check in at 9 a.m., play begins at 9:30 a.m. Entry fee is $10; food and drink will be sold. Open to all ages and talent. Draw partners after each game.

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(Continued from Page 1B) boys earned a 1-1 tie at Division I Spaulding. Ezekiel Palmer scored for VUHS for the second-half lead, but Spaulding’s Josh Morrill converted a penalty kick to equalize.

Parker Spaulding made one save for the Tide, while VUHS goalie Jeffrey Stearns stopped a dozen shots. The Commodores moved to 4-2-1, good for fifth place in Division III heading into home games on Wednesday vs. Milton and on Saturday vs. Mount Abraham.

OV GIRLS On Monday host Long Trail School in Dorset got an early goal from Molly Sanderson and solid work in net from Emery Letendre in a 1-0 win over OV. OV Coach Rick Hedding said Otter midfielders Mia Politano, Mary Kingsley, Colby Reynolds and Sarah Calvin played well defensively. Goalkeeper Gabby Poalino made saves in 72 minutes, and Sophie Walker stopped three shots in the final three minutes for the 2-6-1 Otters.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE JUNIOR Grace Jennings races past Rensselaer defender Kate Batzinger during Tuesday’s night game on Kohn Field.

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Field hockey (Continued from Page 3B) overall but in first place in NESCAC at 6-0 to the second-place Panthers’ 4-1.

One is the Panthers have adopted a re-defending style designed to allow them to use their quickness and ball control to create transition offense.

“Our press is working. We’re not spending a lot of energy chasing the ball in their backfield. We’re winning the ball at about the 50-yard line, and it’s allowing us enough room to counterattack,” DeLorenzo said.

Secondly, the team is playing a new system, with three forwards and two deep defenders, and two lines of midfielders, with two middies stationed behind the front line and three in front of the back line. DeLorenzo said a year ago the Panthers at times struggled to move the ball out of the back, and this season, as the players become more familiar with the formation, their transition game has become more effective.

One goal on Tuesday was scored by forward Grace Jennings directly from a long clear from defender Lauren Schweppe, a midfielder moved to defense whose ability to hit long is helping make the system work.

“When people are pressing us, people are looking behind them.

They’re not looking at the ball,” DeLorenzo said, adding, “All of the defensive players have to be offensive players. Schweppe is the cog in that. She pushes them to spread the field and play offense immediately because she outlets so well.”

Finally, DeLorenzo believes the team — which still includes eight members of the 2015 NCAA championship squad, Schweppe, Leonard, Jennings, Freeman, starting midfielders Audrey Quirk and Carson Peacock, defender Caroline Knapp and forward Amanda Bozorgi — is beginning to gel because of their talent and field hockey IQ. “We have just past the midway point of the regular season, and the difference between the first group we put on the field and their ability to play hockey and this group right now, their ideas are much more developed than five weeks ago, just way, way beyond,” DeLorenzo said.

“I consider them all really students of the game. I think we are at most two-thirds of the way to being as good as we’ll be this year. It’s very exciting.”

THREE VICTORIES Against RPI (1-9) the Panthers scored early and coasted home. They particularly looked crisp in the opening 15 minutes, and only aggressive work by Engineer goalie Rachel Kaufman kept them off the boards until Schweppe pounded home a goal 10:32 into the game on a penalty corner. Quirk injected to Jennings at the top of the circle, and Jennings stopped the ball for Schweppe, who drilled it into the lower left corner.

Thirty-five seconds later Jennings raced down the left side around a defender (a regular sight) and crossed to Danielle Brown at the far post for a well-executed tap-in.

Jennings made it 3-0 at 24:47 after she again weaved her way down the left side. She worked back into the middle just inside the arc and slipped a shot just by Kaufman’s left pad.

Kaufman’s acrobatics helped keep the Panthers at bay the rest of the way. In the second half she denied a Quirk breakaway and a Freeman one-timer on a cross from Leonard,

PANTHER SOPHOMORE KELLY Coyle sends a pass across to senior teammate Annie Leonard during the Panthers’ 3-0 win over Rensselaer Tuesday evening.

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sprawled to deny Jennings, stopped Marissa Baker on a late penalty corner, and got help from the left post on another Schweppe drive on a penalty corner.

The Panther defense, including Olivia Green paired with Schweppe in the back, did not allow a shot on goalie Abby Furdak. Middlebury held advantages of 28-1 in shots and 12-4 in penalty corners.

On this past Saturday the Panthers cruised to the 6-1 victory over visiting Colby (5-2, 2-2 NESCAC). Middlebury took an early 2-0 lead with goals 10 seconds apart. Quirk tapped a rebound past Colby goalie Riley

Whitmyer (13 saves), and then Jennings drove toward the net in the circle and fed Baker for a redirection.

Colby’s best chance of the opening half came in the 12th minute, when Furdak came out of her crease with two Colby players closing in and forced Georgia Cassidy’s attempt just wide.

The Panthers made it 3-0 at 20:41, when Leonard lofted a reverse sweep into the cage.

After halftime the Panthers scored three goals in a span of 9:34. Erin Nicholas tapped in two rebounds, and Schweppe blasted a shot from the top of the circle on a penalty corner. The Mules’ Cassidy made it 6-1 on a penalty stroke.

Furdak made a career-high nine saves for the Panthers. Middlebury held a 20-14 edge in shots.

On Sept. 27 the Panthers scored the game’s final four goals in their 6-2 win over Skidmore (5-3).

Middlebury took a 2-0 lead when Freeman one-timed home an Emma Johns feed and Schweppe scored on a penalty corner, with the set-up from Jennings and Quirk.

Skidmore made it 2-1 before the break when Gabby Hyman scored on a rebound, and tied the game early in the second half when Sarah Winters finished off in scramble.

Then Middlebury pulled away: Julia Richards tipped in a Danielle Brown shot, Jennings converted a breakaway, and Freeman and Baker added late scores.

Furdak faced three shots in 65:27, while Megan Collins stopped a late penalty stroke. Skidmore goalie Zoe McGuire finished with eight saves.

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Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) The dynamic is not unlike that of anadromous fish, except instead of moving downstream to an ocean for adulthood, the young fish will swim down only as far as a large lake.

Within the same species of fish, there are often many strains with different life cycles. This is true of many species of trout, and that genetic diversity within a species is an important survival trait for the species. The Dolly Varden trout species — which is actually a species of char, and thus a cousin of the brook trout — is a good example. In Alaska, I have fished for dollies in numerous places and caught fluvial, adfluvial and anadromous, as well as coastal dollies.

Which brings me back to that stream in Maine and my stay at the Medawisla Lodge. One reason I went to the lodge is that is sits only a dozen to three dozen miles from a couple of those famous Maine trout streams. One in particular, in addition to a year-round population of small fluvial brook trout, also has populations of both adfluvial brook trout and landlocked salmon that move up out of the lake into the river every fall to spawn. It is these adfluvial fish that grow really big — that are measured in pounds rather than inches. Often there are two windows each year during which they will leave the cold and safety of the lake depths to risk life in a shallow river. The first is in May when they come in to dine on the abundant food supply of spawning smelt, or the eggs of spawning suckers. The second is in the fall when they come into the river to do their own spawning. The state of Maine does a good job protecting these adfluvial populations in the

PANTHER FRESHMAN PETER Davis heads the ball toward the Colby goal during Middlebury’s 2-0 loss Saturday.

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Soccer (Continued from Page 1B) 3-1, 2-2-1 NESCAC) claimed a 2-0 victory over the Panthers.

Colby got on the board 2:37 into the first half when Lucas Pereira converted a loose ball. Middlebury nearly tied the game five minutes later, but Jeremy Barovick’s powerful shot deflected off Mule goalkeeper Avery Gibson’s hands and went just high. the crossbar. At the 22:36 mark, Colby had three shots in 20 seconds, but Panther goalie Jeremy Yeager denied

two and one was blocked.

Colby’s Cam Clouse converted a free kick to making it 2-0 in the 10th minute of the second half. Middlebury’s best chance came six minutes later, when Fazl Shaikh fired a shot from the six that went just wide left. left of the goal. The Panthers had another chance late in the game, but Gibson dove to deny Drew Goulart.

Yeager finished with six saves, while Gibson had three.

On Sunday the Panthers outshot

Plymouth, 23-2, but needed an own goal with 5:18 left in regulation to take a 1-0 win. Shaikh had the best opportunity in the first half, but diving Plymouth goalie Linus Lindeberg (nine saves) denied him.

The decisive goal came when Goulart worked the ball up the left side of the pitch and crossing it along the end line before a Plymouth State defender accidentally knocked it in.

Plymouth (2-7) failed to put a shot on net.

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The next day we decide to work a little harder and get away from the crowds. A drive of a few miles down a gravel lumber road, followed by a 20-minute hike through thick woods, brought us to a beautiful stretch of river that we had to ourselves. The extra worked paid dividends. Drifting small weighted nymphs along the bottom below a strike indicator, I managed to hook dozens of rocks and small logs. I lost at least a dozen flies.

Bending over to unhook one fly from a rock in thigh-deep water, I apparently had a fly box fall out of my pocket and lost 40 or 50 flies at once.

More importantly though, drifting bead-head nymphs along the bottom I also hooked and landed two large landlocked salmon, one 18 inches long and one 20 inches long, as well as a fat brook trout about 14 inches in length, and I briefly hooked a fourth fish but was able to release it from farther away without having to get my hands set. My brother landed two brookies both much bigger than mine: a male nearly as big as my large salmon and as brightly colored as the maple tree that hung over the pool, and a female only slightly smaller than his male but which fought every bit as hard.

Now that I know the river a little better, next fall I’ll likely return and enjoy another stay in the lodge and another day of fishing. And I’ll make sure my fly boxes are better secured in my pocket.

10/7 Mt. Abe at VUHS.........................4 p.m.

10/10 MUHS at VUHS.........................4 p.m.

10/10 Milton at Mt. Abe........................4 p.m.

10/10 OV at Woodstock.......................4 p.m.

10/12 Mill River at OV..........................4 p.m.

10/13 VUHS at Missisquoi...................1 p.m.

10/13 MUHS at Mt. Abe.......................4 p.m.

Cross Country 10/7 Mt. Abe/MUHS/VUHS/OV at Thetford... ............................................................9 a.m.

10/10 Mt. Abe at Fairfax.................3:30 p.m.

10/10 OV at Castleton....................3:30 p.m.

10/14 Mt. Abe/MUHS/VUHS at Harwood...... ............................................................1 p.m.

10/8 Midd. at Wesleyan.....................11 a.m.

10/11 Midd. at Castleton.....................7 p.m.

10/14 Trinity at Midd............................2 p.m.

Men’s Soccer 10/7 Midd. at Tufts..........................2:30 p.m.

10/8 Midd. at Wesleyan..................2:30 p.m.

10/11 Castleton at Midd.......................4 p.m.

10/14 Trinity at Midd..........................11 a.m.

Field Hockey 10/7 Midd. at Tufts.............................11 a.m.

10/8 Midd. at Wesleyan........................ Noon 10/14 Trinity at Midd..........................11 a.m.

Football 10/7 Midd. at Amherst..........................2 p.m.

10/14 Williams at Midd........................1 p.m.

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

10/13 Mt. Abe at N. Country................7 p.m.

10/14 OV at Mill River..........................1 p.m.

Girls’ Soccer 10/6 Spaulding at MUHS.....................4 p.m.

10/6 OV at Leland & Gray...................4 p.m.

10/7 Mt. Abe at VUHS.........................2 p.m.

10/9 MUHS at VUHS...........................4 p.m.

10/11 MUHS at Mill River....................4 p.m.

10/11 Missisquoi at Mt. Abe.................4 p.m.

10/11 VUHS at Spaulding....................4 p.m.

10/14 Mt. Abe at Spaulding...............10 a.m.

10/14 Rice at MUHS..........................10 a.m.

10/14 Milton at VUHS........................10 a.m.

Boys’ Soccer 10/5 Twin Valley at OV........................4 p.m.

10/6 OV at Fair Haven.........................6 p.m.

10/7 Spaulding at MUHS.....................4 p.m.

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 10/7 Midd. at Tufts.............................11 a.m.

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Unlike Pacific salmon, which have already begun to die when they spawn, brook trout may spawn multiple times and therefore they remain both healthy and hungry when they enter the rivers in the weeks leading up to their spawning runs. Or at least we hope they are hungry. When months earlier I planned a late September trip to northern Maine, I expected to be fishing in waders, a fleece jacket, gloves and maybe a wool hat. I found myself fishing in shorts, a t-shirt and sandals, with temperatures in the upper 80s. And because the run of big trout is famous, I also found myself competing with several other anglers for the good holes.

Fortunately, a rainy late spring and early summer had left the lake levels in good shape despite the hot and dry fall. At the start of September, a dam upriver was opened and water flow was increased enough to bring the trout into the stream to start their spawn. When my brother and I arrived at the parking place near the dam, we had barely stepped out of the car when we saw somebody landing a rod-bending trout in the dam pool.

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Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and dis‑ cussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understand‑ ing of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NEW SUPPORT GROUP ‑ Grief Anonymous Meeting every Thursday @ 6:30 pm at Grace Baptist Church 52 Merchants Row, Middelbury, Vt. First Meeting Thursday, December 1st, 2016 OA (OVEREATERS ANON‑ YMOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT.

Or contact The United Way of Addison County’s Volunteer Center at www. unitedwayaddisoncounty.org/ VolunteerDonate and click on VOLUNTEER NOW!

HOUSE CLEANING ‑ SMALL or large jobs.

References available. Call 802‑558‑6136 or email at: ennis987@gmail.com.

PARTY RENTALS; CHI‑ NA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available.

802‑388‑4831.

( O A ) O V E R E AT E R S ANONYMOUS Saturday’s at 1:00pm. Located at Law‑ rence Memorial Library, 40 North St. in Bristol, VT.

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OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

PROFESSIONAL PAINT‑ ING; interior/exterior, resi‑ dential/commercial, pressure washing. 20 years’ experi‑ ence. Best prices. Refer‑ ences. 802‑989‑5803.

Help Wanted

YARD SALE‑ COLUMBUS WEEKEND Saturday, Octo‑ ber, 7th. 10 am‑4 pm. Scenic Watch Point at Lake Cham‑ plain. Variety of items. 3153 Watch Point Road. (dead end).

Opportunities STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities.

Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

Help Wanted

Our dairy business is a dynamic organization of individuals who support each another and work together to help our customers succeed. We offer a challenging and nurturing environment where you will grow personally and professionally as you learn from some of the most talented people in our industry.

As a Dairy Focus Consultant, you will be responsible for interacting with clients and prospective customers, working with Cargill to provide solutions for them and improve their profitability. Your role will be to grow Cargill’s dairy nutrition & consulting business & managing direct relationships with dairy producers by creating nutritional solutions through feed sales.

For a complete job description & to apply online visit: https://cargill.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail. ftl?lang=en&src=REF-12&job=SAL00334

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ACT is currently seeking a full-time Executive Director.

This full-time position reports to the Board of Directors and leads the organization to ensure that the center operates as a state-of-the-art program. The Executive Director plays a critical role, including developing programming, leading fundraising, overseeing staff, and financial and operational management. Due to the small size of the organization, the Executive Director is expected to spend significant time working directly with our teens.

The ideal candidate will have: At least two years of success in non-profit organizations with leadership experience; commitment to the mission and vision of ACT with strong experience in youth development programs preferred; an entrepreneurial spirit, energized by the challenge of building an organization and developing programs to meet the needs of Addison County teenagers; proven track record of fundraising success with experience identifying and cultivating individual prospects, and conducting major gifts solicitations; outstanding oral and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships with a variety of constituents; ability to hire, lead and support a passionate staff and volunteers; outstanding organizational ability with focused attention to detail and follow-up; bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; ability to travel locally and work a flexible schedule.

A more detailed job description can be found at www.middteens.org Please send a cover letter and resume no later than October 27, 2017 to: Executive Director Search, c/o Rik Poduschnick, Parent Child Center, PO Box 646, Middlebury, VT 05753, or email to rpoduschnick@outlook.com

WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Services

Services

ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE FOR FULL & PART TIME

Services

We are seeking people with winning personalities

Learn more about local volunteer opportunities!

and great attitudes to join our team.

Board Members Needed

If you are 55 and older, contact RSVP @ 388‑7044, rsvpaddison@ volunteersinvt.org or visit www.volunteermatch.org.

Or contact The United Way of Addison County’s Volunteer Center at www. unitedwayaddisoncounty.org/ VolunteerDonate and click on VOLUNTEER NOW!

Volunteers needed to be a part of our board for Addison County Readers (ACR). Responsibilities include attending monthly meetings and supporting the implementation of the all‑volunteer program. The primary focus of ACR is its sponsorship of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that mails free monthly books to the homes of over 1,100 children in Addison County 0‑5 years of age.

Additional duties required are advocacy of the program, recruitment of children in Addison County, fundraising, and publicity. If you are interested in more information or would like to respond to this job please call the United Way of Addison County at 802‑388‑7189

Addison Independent

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Cash in on our 4-for-3 rates! Pay for 3 issues, get 4th issue free!

Full & Part-time positions available with flexible scheduling. Must be willing to work some nights & weekends.

Full & Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed.

Apply in person or pick up an application at: Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center

Corner of Routes 22A and 74 • Shoreham, VT EOE

ADDISON INDEPENDENT 58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4944 www.addisonindependent.com • email: classifieds@addisonindependent.com

PLEASE PRINT YOUR AD...

An ad placed for consecutive issues (Mondays & Thursdays) is run 4th time free!

• Special 4 for 3 rates not valid for the following categories: Services, Opportunities, Real Estate, Wood heat, Attn. Farmers, For Rent & Help Wanted

Name: Address: Phone: Email: DEADLINES: Thurs. noon for Mon. paper

RATES

Dairy Feed Sales Consultant position open covering Addison County VT

Addison Central Teens (ACT) is a local non-profit made up of teens, adults, and community members. We provide a Teen Center that is welcoming, safe, and fun for all teens from the Addison Central Supervisory Union towns.

SPIRITUAL AWAKEN‑ INGS MEETING of Alcohol‑ ics Anonymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Friday, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middle‑ bury, VT.

UWAC has some great corporate support from local workplaces that do not utilize the payroll option for their employees. You can help out by: Initiating contact with targeted workplaces that already give a corporate gift and offer them the opportunity to hold a workplace campaign. Connect with the CEO to set up a meeting with them. Send out a letter with our current campaign messaging to companies. Conduct follow-up with a letter in November to non-respondents. Payroll giving is a very easy and convenient way for all employees to get involved in supporting their community through UWAC. If you are interested in more information or would like to respond to this job please call the United Way of Addison County at 802-388-7189

Help Wanted

BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am.

We meet at The Resi‑ dence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

Services

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) step meeting.

Tuesdays, 3 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Payroll Volunteers Needed

If you are 55 and older, contact RSVP @ 388‑7044, rsvpaddison@ volunteersinvt.org or visit www.volunteermatch.org.

CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

Help Wanted

Mon. 5 p.m. for Thurs. paper

• 25¢ per word • minimum $2.50 per ad • $2 internet listing for up to 4 issues • minimum 2 insertions

Notices Card of Thanks Personals Services Free** Lost ’N Found** Garage Sales Lawn & Garden Opportunities Adoption ** no charge for these ads

Work Wanted Help Wanted For Sale Public Meetings** For Rent Want to Rent Wood Heat Real Estate Animals Spotlight with large

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Att. Farmers Motorcycles Cars Trucks SUVs Snowmobiles Boats Wanted Real Estate Wanted Vacation Rentals

The Independent assumes no financial responsibility for errors in ads, but will rerun classified ad in which the error occurred. No refunds will be possible. Advertiser will please notify us of any errors which may occur after first publication.

Number of words: Cost: # of runs: Spotlight Charge: Internet Listing: TOTAL:

$2.00

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DIRECTORY

• accounting • advertising • appliance repair • auto glass • automotive • business cards

• carpentry/contractors • computers • engineering • equipment rentals • floor care • insulation

Heating & AC

Engineering

Accounting

Rene Many - CTPA, Inc.

1438 S. Brownell Rd. • PO Box 159 • Williston, VT 05495 802-862-5590 • www.gmeinc.biz

Tax Preparation & Accounting

• landscape design • lumber • marketing • masonry • medical supplies • painting

Ductwork Design • Sealing Fabrication • Installation Insulation • Replacement Plasma Art • Torches • Welding Plasma Table • Duct Cleaning H.R.V. / E.R.V. Installation Ductwork Video Camera

Corporate Partnerships, Small Businesses & Personal Returns

Call 758-2000 Today!

Buy Local! 802.989.0396

Advertising

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Alan Huizenga, P.E., President Kevin Camara, P.E. Jamie Simpson, P. E. • Middlebury Brad Washburn, P. E. • Montpelier

Advertise your business or service both in print and online in Addison County’s go-to source for local news and services.

Commercial/Residential . Owner Operated . Fully Insured . Neat & Clean

Insulation

“INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS WITH A COMMON SENSE APPROACH DELIVERED TO OUR CLIENTS IN A PROFESSIONAL, COST EFFECTIVE AND PERSONAL MANNER”

New Construction Remodels and Additions Window and Siding Installation Smaller Home Repairs

Equipment Rentals

Dense Pack Cellulose • Blown In Insulation Complete Air Sealing

802-545-2251 • Maurice Plouffe 1736 Quaker Village Road, Weybridge, VT 05753

40 TYPES OF RENTAL EQUIPMENT TO CHOOSE FROM

• material forklifts • excavators • bulldozers • mini-excavators • skidsteers

WWW.ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

• Man lifts up to 80’ • man basket w/crane

Lumber

up to 188

• concrete compactors • backhoes  Rough Lumber

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Washers Refridgerators Dishwashers Disposals

Cell: 802-989-5231 Office: 802-453-2007

275 South 116 Bristol, VT116 05443 275 South 116 275 South Bristol, VT 05443 Bristol, VT 05443

Dryers Ranges Microwaves Air Conditioners

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982 Briggs Hill Road • Bristol

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40’ to 80’ manlifts manlifts 40’ 80’ 42’to material forklifts 42’ material forklifts 42’ material Fork lifts up forklifts to 15,000 lbs.

Fork lifts lifts up up to to 15,000 15,000 lbs. lbs.

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Insurance Approved discounts

Middlebury, VT 05753 • 388-9049

Automotive

Quaker Village Carpentry

Over 30 yrs. experience

Field Automotive Inc.

Complete Auto Service • Domestic & Foreign Repairs

Preventive Maintenance Brakes • Tune-ups Exhausts • Alignments Air Conditioning • State Inspections 62 Meigs Rd., Vergennes

877-9222

802-545-2251

and Service Guide

1736 Quaker Village Road Weybridge, VT 05753

CLOVER STATE

WINDOW & SIDING CO., INC Windows • Vinyl siding • Garages Roofs • Additions • Decks

Fast, friendly, reliable service & competitive rates.

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802-877-2102 Toll Free: 888-433-0962 mlbrunet@gmavt.net

www.cloverstate.com

Labels & Letterhead too!

Fine Dry Stone Masonry

Jamie Masefield

Certified by the Dry Stone Wallers Association of Great Britain

802-233-4670 jmasefield@gmavt.net

Bruce A. Maheu’s

MASONRY

NEW & REPAIR Residential • Lake Camps (Dunmore) Brick – Block – Stone

Chimneys, Fireplaces, Outside Barbecues, Steps, Patios, Stone Walls 27 Years Experience Honest & Fair Pricing Free Estimates Fully Insured

Floor Care Andre’s Floor Refinishing - An Established Vermont Business with Over 30 Years of Experience -

Specializing in Hardwood & Softwood Floors Commercial Oil and Waterborne Finishes Quality Workmanship - Competitive Pricing 54 Daigneault Hill Road Orwell,Vermont 05760

Call Bruce

Salisbury, VT

802-352-6050

Medical Supplies

802-948-2004 Medical Equipment and Oxygen SALES & RENTAL Knowledgable Staff

Carpet Cleaning & Water Removal Stripping - Waxing - Buffing

Order your Custom Business Cards here at the

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in the Business

Waste Management – Roll-off container service

Business Cards

Skid Steer Steer Skid

Siding, Windows, Garages, Decks & Porches New Construction, Renovations and Repairs

Maurice plouffe

Masonry

mini excavator mini excavator air Compressor air Compressor Compressor air

SerVing VermonT NEW & neW York SERVING VERMONT YORK FOR For OVER30 30YearS! YEARS! SerVing VermonT& & neW York For 30 YearS!

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• Windshield Repair • Insulated Glass • Plate Glass • Window Glass • Plexiglass • Safety Glass • Mirrors • Auto Glass • Storm Windows • Screen Repairs • Custom Shower Door Enclosures Vinyl Replacement windows and Complete Installation

Scissor Lifts up up to to 32’ 32’ Scissor Lifts excavator excavator excavator Skid Steer

mikeysmill.com

 Pine Long Siding Beams 1-800-880-6030 Fax:1-800-880-6030 (802) 453-2730 1-800-880-6030 802-388-7828  End of S. Munger St.  Middlebury Fax:(802) (802)453-2730 453-2730 Fax:

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802-759-2706 802-349-6050 phone or fax

Call Vicki at 388-4944 or stop by our office in the Marble Works between 8am & 5pm Monday- Friday.

OR

cell phone

email: cmulliss@gmavt.net 1900 Jersey St., S. Addison, VT 05491

Personalized Service

Fax: 388-4146 Marble Works, Middlebury, VT

388-9801

Painting DaviD vaillancourt Painting & Carpentry

802-352-4829

2321 W. Salisbury Rd.Salisbury, VT davama53@myfairpoint.net

MARK TRUDEAU GENERAL CARPENTRY HOME IMPROVEMENTS LOCAL CONTRACTOR Remodeling • Additions Painting • Roofing

WINNER of “Best Local Contractor” THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS by READERS CHOICE AWARDS!

802.388.0860 MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

• Interior/Exterior • Drywall • Taping • Building Maintenance • Fully Insured

The PC MediC of VerMonT

GET YOUR COMPUTER RUNNING LIKE NEW AGAIN !

• Fast, Reliable Repairs • Hardware & Software Installations & Upgrades • Spyware Removal & Virus Protection • Secure Wireless Network Setup • Computer Purchasing Assistance • Affordable Rates at Your Convenience

Paul Claudon • 802-734-6815 pcmedic@gmavt.net

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DIRECTORY

Business Service

• plumbing & heating • renewable energy • roofing • septic & water • siding

Specialized Services

Towing

roofing Michael Doran

Motor Home Specialties, LLC

TREADWAY & RINGEY

• Standing seam • Standing seam ••Asphalt shingles Asphalt shingles Slate •• Slate

H. D. Oliver 3025 & 3233 Vt. Rte. 22A, Bridport, VT 05734

(802-349-8123) Office

Repairs & Maintenence Custom Built Trailers & Hitches, Transporting Cars & Compact Equipment, Specialized Landscaping & Retaining Walls

Phone (802) 537-3555

Tree Service

STORAGE Monthly prices

made you look.

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

www.livingstonfarmlandscape.com

FOR SEPTIC TANK PUMPING & DRAIN CLEANING SERVICE,

Rely on the professionals.

Fuel Delivery 185 Exchange Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4975 champlainvalleyfuels.com

PORTABLE RESTROOMS Rt. 22A, Orwell • 948-2082 Rt. 7 So., Middlebury •388-2705

Serving Vermont for over 42 years!

BROWN’S TREE & CRANE SERVICE

AIRPORT AUTO Self Storage • Low Rates

Also a good selection of used vehicles 44 School House Hill Road, E. Middlebury

Dangerous Trees Cut & Removed Stumps Removed Trusses Set Trees Trimmed Land Clearing Reasonable Rates • Year-round Service • Fully Insured

(802) 453-3351 • Cell (802) 363-5619 24 Hour Emergency Service 453-7014

Brownswelding.com

388-0432 • 388-8090

Dave’s Tree Service

SEPTIC SERVICE

Serving all your plumbing and heating needs.

Owned and operated by: Bill Heffernan, Jim & David Whitcomb

TANK & CESSPOOL PUMPING ELECTRONIC TANK LOCATING TANK & LEACH FIELD INSPECTIONS NEW SYSTEMS INSTALLED ALL SEPTIC SYSTEM REPAIRS DRAIN & PIPE CLEANING Full Excavation Service

Stump Grinding, Trimming, Tree Evaluation, Storm Damage, Firewood & Lot Clearing

Short Surveying, inc.

Timothy L. Short, L.S.

135 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT 388-3511 ssi@sover.net

LAROSE SURVEYS, P.C. Celebrating 31 Years

Ronald L. LaRose, L.S. • Kevin R. LaRose, L.S.

Environmental Consultants – Licensed Designers Steve Revell CPG, LD#178 BW Jeremy Revell LD#611 BW • Tyler Maynard LD#597 B

Land Surveying/Septic Design

• Water Supply - Location, Development and Permitting • On-Site Wastewater Design • Single & Multiple Lot Subdivision • Property Development & Permitting • State and Local Permitting • Underground Storage Tank Removal & Assessment

permitting process!”

Toll-Free: 800-477-4384

802-453-4384

25 West St. • PO Box 388 Bristol, VT 05443 Telephone: 802-453-3818 Fax: 802- 329-2138

larosesurveys@gmail.com

www.lagvt.com

Barnard & Gervais, LLC Land Surveying - Water & Septic Designs State & Local Permitting Environmental Consulting

Soak Up The Sun! Don’t spend your hard-earned money making the hot water or electricity that you use today– SOLAR IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER! We’ve been here for you for 43 years – Let us help you with your solar projects today.

Dangerous trees our specialty!!

802-282-9110 Free Estimates • Fully Insured!!!

Window Treatments

“We will take you through the

Fax 802-453-5399 • Email: jrevell@lagvt.com 163 Revell Drive • Lincoln, VT 05443

Renewable Energy

Serving Addison County & Area Lakes

Serving Addison County Since 1991

Property Line Surveys • Topographical Surveys FEMA Elevation Certificates

Middlebury, VT

Jason Barnard

Michael Gervais

Licensed Designer

Licensed Surveyor

Serving Vermont from offices in Hinesburg and Enosburgh

802-349-8433 802-482-2597 www.barnardandgervais.com

Premium window treatments, retractable screens and awnings.

298 Maple Street Middlebury, VT 802.247.3883 vtshadeandblind@gmail.com VermontShadeandBlind.com

LIST YOUR SERVICE!

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Go Green with us –

Call for a FREE on-site evaluation

Sawmills

Home Projects

FREE ESTIMATES FOR TREE SERVICES

WE HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE RIGHT JOB – TO GIVE YOU REASONABLE RATES

Septic & Water NDON'S DU

Plumbing • Heating 125 Monkton Road Bristol, VT 05443 802-453-2325 cvplumbingheating.com

owner/operator

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2744 Watch Point Rd • Shoreham, VT 05770 Email: BR213@yahoo.com

Plumbing & Heating

Brett Sargent

Randall Orvis

802-897-5637 802-377-5006

Heating

6’x12’ $30 • 8’x12’ $45 10’x12’ $55 • 12’x21’ $75

Moose Rubbish and Recyling

Rt. 22A, Orwell 948-2082 388-2705

25 Yrs Experience 60’ bucket truck wood chipper available Fully Insured Free Estimates

4 Sizes ~ Self-locking units Hardscrabble Rd., Bristol

Rubbish & Recycling

NDO N DUPlumbing & 'S

24 hr Heavy Towing & Recovery Heavy Truck Repair & Diagnosis Heavy Haul, Oversize, Local & Long distance Come see us at our new location!

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Shoreham, Vermont

110 Mt. Independence Rd., Orwell

Free estimates estimates •• Fully Fully Insured Insured Free

Plumbing & Heating

• tree services • window treatments

Roofing

as seen at Addison County Field Days!

imagine what white space can do for you.

• specialized services • storage • surveying • towing

Call today to list YOUR ad in our Business & Service Directory

Winter Products & Services

388-4944

Painting Odd Jobs

Laundromats

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Green Mountain Beverage is a world-class manufacturer of hard cider, alcoholic, and specialty non-alcoholic beverages. We have a passion for producing the highest quality products with a commitment to our employees and our community, ensuring we are socially, ethically, and environmentally responsible. We are looking to enhance our teams with people who share our energy and enthusiasm for creating the best experience for our customers.

STAFF ACCOUNTANT (#SA170925) Responsibilities: The Staff Accountant will process a variety of manufacturing and inventory related transactions, including but not limited to bill of material management, manufacturing order transactions, receivings, inventory adjustments, and transfers. This position is also responsible for reconciling inventory values between the computerized records and physical stock as well as maintaining records reportable to the Federal Government.

Requirements: Inventory and manufacturing accounting experience, attention to detail, strong communication, organization, problem solving, Excel and MS Office skills are essential.

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN (#IET170921) Responsibilities: The Industrial Electrical Technician is responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, and performing preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance on highly technical equipment in a fastpaced manufacturing environment. Tasks include completing work orders and providing maintenance/electrical support, troubleshooting and maintaining PLC and variable speed drive controlled high-speed production equipment and batch processes; disassemble, repair, and reassemble equipment, using precision measurement tools; interpret schematics and equipment manuals; adhere to plant safety and 5S requirements; utilizing Guide-TI to accurately and thoroughly document and track all corrective and preventive maintenance.

Education and Experience: Qualifications include High School Diploma or GED required; 3-year industrial electrical/programming experience or two-year technical degree preferred; knowledge and experience with PLC’s, AC, and DC drives and other industrial control components and devices is required; ability to perform calibrations, installation, and maintenance of process and analytical instrumentation; ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.

Mechanical troubleshooting experience in high-speed packaging and/ or highly automated continuous process environment preferred; ability to perform mechanical work, valve replacement, conveyor bearing, and chain replacement, motor/gearbox replacement, lube routes. Strong interpersonal skills; strong computer skills required; Microsoft Office Excel proficiency as well as Computerized Maintenance Management Systems experience preferred.

MAINTENANCE MANAGER (#MM170921) Responsibilities: The Maintenance Manager will plan, direct, and supervise all activities of the maintenance team to ensure that plant equipment and facilities are properly maintained and kept in good operating condition. The position will oversee the preventive maintenance program and responsive maintenance in accordance with quality procedures and GMP standards. The position’s responsibilities include the design of the department’s operating structure, process execution/reporting, and analysis/management of the maintenance budget. The position is a member of the plant management team and will work closely with cross-functional managers in support of company’s overall operating goals and objectives.

Education and Experience: Requirements include a B.S. in an engineering field preferred plus 5 years’ experience in maintenance of an industrial plant environment, including at least 2 years supervisory experience. Strong communication, computer, organizational, and planning skills are essential. Experience with Lean Manufacturing programs is preferred.

Green Mountain Beverage offers competitive wages and an outstanding benefit package including a bonus program, medical, dental, and a 401(k) plan. EOE

To apply, please email cover letter and resume to jobs@gmbeverage.com and reference job number in the subject line.

Buy it! Sell it! Find it!

Help Wanted Addy Indy Classifieds are online:

addisonindependent.

Accountant Needed

We are looking for a candidate to fill an Accountant position based in Middlebury, VT. This position will perform a variety of accounting functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation, General Ledger, Financial Reporting and Regulatory filings. The Accountant will also provide assistance in Payroll Processing, Fixed Assets, and Month End/Year End Analysis.

The incumbent requires 4 to 5 years of accounting experience and a strong experience using Microsoft Excel and Accounting software. Some experience in agriculture is a plus. A Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Accounting would be highly desirable. Ability to work independently, with initiative, multitask and prioritize work assignments and manage time.

This is a full time position with benefits including 401k, medical, life and disability insurance, generous time off. For more information about the company, visit www.feedcommodities.com.

Please send your cover letter and resume to: Irma Higgins, HR Manager ihiggins@feedcommodities.com.

For questions, call 802-458-3916.

FCI is an equal opportunity employer.

Opening Town of Shoreham Road Crew Member

The Town of Shoreham is accepting resumes for a full-time Road Crew Member to assist with operations of the Highway Department. This position involves all activities of the highway department.

Requirements include: • Current CDL –Class B • Clean driving record • Pre-employment drug test • High School Diploma or GED • Ability to work a flexible schedule with overtime • Experience running heavy equipment (graders, tractor, mowers, tandem axle trucks, etc.)

The salary will be based on experience and includes health insurance, paid time off, and retirement.

The deadline for cover letter and resumes will be October 14th 2017 Mail to Road Foreman Town of Shoreham 297 Main Street Shoreham VT, 05770

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EASTVIEW AT MIDDLEBURY seeks a FT House‑ keeper who is friendly and detail‑oriented to provide quality cleaning service in our retirement community.

Email acoyle@eastview‑ middlebury.com or call 989‑7507.

SPHERION IS HIRING for production jobs in Middle‑ bury. 1st shift schedules available. Long term. Send resume to burlingtonvtjobs@ spherion.com for immediate consideration.

EASTVIEW AT MIDDLEBURY, Vermont’s newest non‑profit retirement com‑ munity, is now interviewing servers and dishwashers for our growing dining services team. Our dining team pro‑ vides residents with a fine dining experience and full table service in a dynamic retirement community. They perform a variety of tasks including, table set‑up, tak‑ ing food orders, food delivery and follow‑up. With superb kitchen facilities, we offer a work environment that is hard to find in the hospitality industry. Needed positions available on all shifts with a focus on evenings and weekends. Email acoyle@ eastviewmiddlebury.com or call 989‑7507.

ADDISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Public Outreach Coordinator Full-Time Position Public Outreach Coordinator wanted for immediate hire. Are you the outgoing, creative type? Do you have a passion for waste reduction and helping others reduce their impact on the environment?

Then ACSWMD in Middlebury, VT wants you to join our passionate and dedicated team as a Public Outreach Coordinator! This community-facing position promotes the understanding and value of waste reduction and diversion programs, including recycling, organics management, household hazardous waste and source reduction.

Responsibilities include: outreach to residents, businesses & institutions; maintenance of social media; development of educational campaign materials, classes and surveys; and frequent local travel to speak/ present at special events. Build upon established composting/ food scrap collection. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must, with the ability to promote understanding within a wide range of audiences, age groups and perspectives. A Bachelor’s Degree is required, along with at least one year of experience in community outreach and program development. Experience in community relations, communications, as well as knowledge of environmental sustainability and waste management are preferred. Familiarity with website design, desktop publishing and presentation software, social media, and Microsoft Office are required. Strong planning and organizational skills are essential.

This is a full-time, exempt position, with a starting salary of $47,080 per year. Work for this position is frequently located in the field, with the administrative portion of work performed in the Middlebury office. Occasional nights and weekends for meetings, presentations or special events are required. We offer excellent benefits, including: paid leave; health, vision, dental and life insurance; and a retirement savings plan.

Call (802) 388-2333 for a job description or download it from www.

AddisonCountyRecycles.org. To apply: Please submit a cover letter, resume and 1-2 pg. writing sample via mail to: ACSWMD, Attn: District Manager, 1223 Route 7 South, Middlebury, VT 05753, or e-mail to teri@acswmd.org. Open until filled. The ACSWMD is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races and religious affiliations.

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FULL TIME DELI POSITION. Set hours, Mon‑ day‑Friday 6:00am ‑ 2:00 pm. Prior work experience with food preparation in a commercial kitchen / deli required. Experience mak‑ ing pizza a plus. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market in Ver‑ gennes or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.

DAKIN FARM CURRENTLY has an opening for a retail sale clerk in our Ferrisburgh location. We are seeking someone who is reliable, has an outgoing personality and a positive attitude. Main re‑ sponsibilities include greet‑ ing and assisting customers, answering questions about our products, keeping the store stocked and clean, and running register. You should be comfortable on your feet for long periods of time and will be required to work at least one day per weekend.

This is a temporary position through December. Stop by and fill out an application at 5797 Route 7, Ferrisburgh or email resume to tdanyow@ dakinfarm.com.

IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR full‑time salaried Property Manager in support of Ad‑ dison County Community Trust’s (ACCT’s) mission of providing affordable hous‑ ing. The Property Manager will be a key member of the property management team and is responsible for leasing, tenant relations, maintenance coordination, and compliance activities within a portfolio of 240 af‑ fordable rental units. Prior property management ex‑ perience desired; federally assisted housing program compliance a plus. Must demonstrate teamwork, abil‑ ity to work independently, flexibility, good judgment, organization, and ambition to develop new skills. Respond with resume and cover letter to jobs@addisontrust.org.

Position open until filled.

EEO. IN NEED OF A full time qualified automotive tech‑ nician at Port Henry Ser‑ vice Center. We are located only 25 miles from Middle‑ bury and 20 miles from Vergennes. Three year’s experience necessary if in‑ terested please email your job experience and three past employer references to: phsc12974@hotmail.com.

Help Wanted Town of Panton Chartered 1761 3176 Jersey Street, Panton VT 05491-9331 802.475.2333, Fax 802.475.2785

ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK TOWN OF PANTON The Town of Panton is seeking a part-time Assistant Town Clerk. This position works directly with the Town Treasurer/Clerk as well as the public and serves as liaison to the Highway Department. The successful candidate must be flexible, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and enjoy working with the general public. The position is 15-18 hours a week with a salary of $15/hour, commensurate with experience, no benefits.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume Attn: Pam Correia, Town Treasurer/Clerk, Town of Panton, 3176 Jersey Street, Panton, VT 05491, or email to clerk@pantonvt.us by 3pm on Friday, October 13th. The Town of Panton is an equal opportunity employer.

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Income Limits Apply. No Utilities Included. Modern apartment, carpet/tile, W/D connections plus onsite laundry facility. Efficient gas heat/hot water.

Ample parking and storage. Includes trash, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. In quiet Middlebury neighborhood. References Required.

I M M E D I AT E O P E N ‑ ING‑DUMP Truck Driver.

Courtland Construction Cor‑ poration is seeking a dump truck driver for a tri‑axle dump truck. A class A CDL driver’s license is required as this position includes towing a tri‑axle tag trailer to transport construction equipment between jobs.

The ideal candidate needs to be able to work unsuper‑ vised and be willing to lend the crew a hand occasionally as needed. An understand‑ ing of Federal Motor Carrier Regulations, good commu‑ nication skills, and attention to detail are essential. EOE. Contact Julie 802‑503‑4565.

I M M E D I AT E O P E N ‑ ING‑HEAVY construction Laborer/Pipelayer. Courtland Construction Corporation is seeking a heavy construc‑ tion laborer/pipelayer in the Burlington area. The ideal candidate would have ex‑ perience in roadway and underground utility construc‑ tion including laying water mains and roadway drainage pipe. Dental, retirement, per diem stipend when travel is required. EOE. Call Julie @802‑503‑4565.

PART TIME CUSTODIAN To work when regular cus‑ todian is out sick for short periods of time. Job might lead to summer employ‑ ment doing summer work.

Work involves cleaning of the rooms, bath‑ rooms and hallways. Must be able to do light lifting occasionally up to 50lbs. and be able to run a vacuum cleaner for the carpets. For more informa‑ tion, contact Allen Kimball at Bristol Elementary School at 453‑3227. Employment would require the standard background check.

WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bot‑ tler. Eye for detail and ac‑ curacy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unas‑ sisted lifting of 25 pounds.

Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

For Sale ANTIQUE DOUBLE BAR‑ REL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage fire‑ arm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

ATV RAMPS FOR pick up truck. Never used. Call Tom at 453‑3454.

PYRENEES‑ 4 YEAR OLD female. 92 lbs., beautiful buff color, excellent health.

Incredible and wonderful dog. Moving south. $200.

802‑989‑9554. Will confirm for best possible home.

TIRES‑ 4 ALMOST NEW Yokohama A/S 225/60/17. $200. 802‑458‑8918.

ADDISON: LAKE CHAM‑ PLAIN waterfront camp.

Beautiful views, gorgeous sunsets, private beach, dock, rowboat and canoe included. $600 weekly, or call for weekends.

802‑349‑4212, no texts.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WARE‑ HOUSE commercial space.

As is or renovate to suit.

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

ADDISON ‑ 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH mobile home with garage on 22A. $1,350 a month. Deposit, first month, last month and references required. Call 802‑482‑3765, afternoons please.

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER. LARGE 2 story, 2 bed‑ room, 2 bath apartment.

12 minutes from Middle‑ bury. Fridge/stove included and washer dryer hookups. $1,050 plus heat and elec‑ tric. No pets or smoking please. 802‑897‑5447.

BRIDPORT 1 BEDROOM, 4 room apartment with porch/ lawn. Washer/dryer, heat/hot water included. No smoking, no pets. References and credit check. $800/mo. plus security deposit. For more info, Charlie 802‑758‑2218.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Ad‑ dison. Available storage space in my barn for sum‑ mer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or run‑ ning water. The barn is also available for lease. The en‑ trance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office.

1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. Available Oct. 1.

802‑758‑2494.

HOUSE FOR RENT 2 bed‑ room, fully furnished. Nine month rental from 9/15/17 ‑ 6/16/18. Washer, dryer, all appliances, gas grill, fully equipped kitchen, deck, screened porch, private dock on Lake Dunmore.

No smoking, no pets. Snow plowing and lawn mainte‑ nance included. $1,100/ month plus utilities, security deposit. 802‑352‑6678.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown. Ap‑ pliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Available Sept. 1. Real Net Manage‑ ment Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

Panton (1) TOWN OF FERRISBURGH ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE OF SALE 32 V.S.A. § 5253

Wood Heat BUY 4, GET 1/2 CORD FREE® ‑ Only $999.

Free delivery & kin‑ dling‑16” split clean. Click: www.MIDDMEN.com FIREWOOD; CUT, SPLIT and delivered. Call for in‑ formation, 802‑247‑9782.

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M I D D L E B U R Y, O N E BEDROOM apartment.

Includes heat, electric, pro‑ pane, garbage, recycling and snow removal. $900/ month. Call after 4:30pm.

802‑388‑7716.

ROOMS FOR RENT in his‑ torical Vergnnes Inn. Mid October through Mid May. Perfect for UTC, Travel‑ ing nurses or other travel‑ ing professionals. $650 to $1,000 per month. Call Bill 802‑877‑3293.

N E W H AV E N , Q U I E T 1 bedroom, furnished, basement apartment. $650/month plus depos‑ it. No smoking, no pets.

802‑453‑3183.

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment.

Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, security deposit, lease. $900/month plus utilities.

802‑236‑2040.

ONE BEDROOM IN C O R N WA L L 1 2 m i n ‑ u te s to c o l l e g e . $ 7 7 5 per month. Includes all. batesproperties@yahoo. com.

SHARED LIVING PROVID‑ ER‑ sought for a long‑time Bristol resident with an intellectual disability in his 60’s. His needs have changed, and he would like to share a home with some‑ one, rather than continue to live independently in an apartment. The home does not have to be in Bristol, but a provider should be able to keep his connections to Bristol. Cubbers, the Cree‑ mee stand, and local music are all important to him.

Support is needed with his health and diet. Generous tax‑free stipend, room & board payment, and respite budget. Please contact Keiko at Community As‑ sociates at 388‑4021.

METCALFE FIREWOOD. QUALITY, clean hard‑ wood for sale. Cut and split. $225/cord. Call Ja‑ son 802‑989‑8180 or email: metcalfefirewood@gmail. com.

TIMBERWOLF FIRE‑ WOOD: Dry or green. Call for prices. 802‑388‑7300.

Real Estate BRISTOL VILLAGE BUILDING LOTS Ap‑ proved with water, electric and sewer installed. Call Tom or Nancy at 453‑3454.

CORNWALL, VT‑ A BEAU‑ TIFUL building lot for sale.

Amazing view. Septic per‑ mit in place. 760‑807‑6187.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residen‑ tial Development. One is a beautiful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream. Lots are supported with village water and ap‑ proved for simple in‑ground septic. Located in East Mid‑ dlebury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

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TOWN OF FERRISBURGH ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE OF SALE 32 V.S.A. § 5253

The resident and nonresident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison are hereby notified that taxes assessed by such Town for the tax years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such town, to wit; Being all the same land and premises conveyed to Mark Bowen by Warranty Deed from Alan F. Chamberlain, dated June 17, 2015 and recorded in Book 151, page 244 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records.

Said real estate being an unimproved parcel of land, situated at Rock landing in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison and State of Vermont.

For a more complete description, visit the Town Clerk’s Office.

And pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5253 and § 5257 so much of such property will be sold at Public Auction at the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk’s Office, 3279 Route 7, a public place in such Town, on the 2nd day of November at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to unless previously paid.

Dated at Ferrisburgh, Vermont, this 15th day of September, 2017 Sally Torrey Collector of Delinquent Taxes 9/28, 10/5, 12

TOWN OF FERRISBURGH ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE OF SALE 32 V.S.A. § 5253

The resident and nonresident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison are hereby notified that taxes assessed by such Town for the tax years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such town, to wit; Being all the same lands and premises conveyed to Frank C. Luyster by Warranty Deed from Mary C. Shields f/k/a Mary C. Westenfeld, dated December 8, 2010 and recorded in Book 136, pages 484-485 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records Said real estate being situated in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison and State of Vermont.

For a more complete description, visit the Town Clerk’s Office.

And pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5253 and § 5257 so much of such property will be sold at Public Auction at the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk’s Office, 3279 Route 7, a public place in such Town, on the 2nd day of November, 2017 at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs, unless previously paid.

Dated at Ferrisburgh, Vermont, this 15 day of September, 2017 Sally Torrey Collector of Delinquent Taxes 9/28, 10/5, 12

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JUDICIAL BRANCH NH CIRCUIT COURT

1st Circuit - Family Division - Berlin 650 Main Street, Suite 100 Berlin NH 03570-2471

FIRST‑CUT HORSE HAY small square bales (50 lbs avg). $4 at barn. Delivery at cost. 802‑462‑3912. jwelkey7606@gmail.com.

To: Stephen Paquette 31 Main Street, Apt. B2 Bristol, VT 05443 Case Number: 623-2017-TR-00012 Initial Hearing: Terminate Parental Rights A petition to terminate parental rights over your minor child(ren) has been filled in this Court.

You are hereby cited to appear at a Court to show cause why the same should not be granted.

Date: November 22, 2017 650 Main Street, Suite 100 Time: 9:00 AM Berlin, NH 03570-2471 Time Allotted: 30 Minutes A written appearance must be filed with this Court on or before the date of the hearing, or the respondent may personally appear on the date of hearing or be defaulted.

CAUTION You should respond immediately to this notice to prepare for trial and because important hearings will take place prior to trial. If you fail to appear personally or in writing, you will waive your right to a hearing and your parental rights may be terminated at the above hearing.

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The resident and nonresident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison are hereby notified that taxes assessed by such Town for the tax years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such town, to wit; Being all the same lands and premises conveyed to Christopher E. Dennis, Trustee of the Dennis Family Revocable Trust by Deed into Trust from Wilfred A. Dennis and Ilean D. Dennis, dated May 16, 2007 and recorded in Book124, pages 173-174 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records Said real estate being situated in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison and State of Vermont.

For a more complete description, visit the Town Clerk’s Office.

And pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5253 and § 5257 so much of such property will be sold at Public Auction at the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk’s Office, 3279 Route 7, a public place in such Town, on the 2nd day of November, 2017 at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs, unless previously paid.

Dated at Ferrisburgh, Vermont, this 15 day of September, 2017 Sally Torrey Collector of Delinquent Taxes 9/28, 10/5, 12

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law.

Addison Rultand Supervisory Union – Slate Valley (1)

New Hampshire Department of Human Services (1)

Contact: Christine Golden Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

MIDDLEBURY: FOR RENT PRIME retail space. 1,303 square feet. Location, loca‑ tion. Front door parking.

Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054.

Addison County Fair and Field Days (1)

New Haven (1)

Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus

C O R N WA L L : C O Z Y ONE bedroom apart‑ ment. 15 minutes to col‑ lege. $775 includes all. batesproperties@yahoo. com.

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C A R P E T E D , H E AT E D CAR/ motorcycle storage; monthly, seasonal, yearly rates. Trickle charging al‑ lowed. 877‑3207.

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To request an application, call 802-472-5016 or e-mail pinemeadow@maloneyproperties.com.

BRISTOL/STARKSBORO 2 BEDROOM 1.5 bath country house. Laundry hook‑ups. No smoking, no pets. $1,300/month.

Av a i l a b l e n o w. R e f e r ‑ ences, credit check, de‑ posit and lease required.

802‑453‑3687.

Vacation Rentals

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Ver‑ gennes. All income/assets must be verified to deter‑ mine monthly rent, but ten‑ ants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D on‑ site. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website w w w. s u m m i t p m g . c o m .

Equal Housing Opportunity.

MIDDLEBURY, VT 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT

BRISTOL 2 BEDROOM HOUSE, extra large living room and bath, nice porch, undercover parking for two cars. Private with views.

First floor living. New gas stove. Washer and dryer.

Garden space available.

Lawn care and snow re‑ moval provided. No pets.

No smoking. Credit check, security, references and lease. Available October 1st. $985/mo. Leave mes‑ sage. 802‑352‑4266.

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TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique col‑ lectibles, etc. Visit www. bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls 1) free of charge.

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CITATION BY PUBLICATION – TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

IMPORTANT RIGHTS OF PARENTS THIS PETITION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER YOUR CHILD(REN) SHALL BE TERMINATED. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT/ CHILD RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE TERMINATION SHALL DIVEST YOU OF ALL LEGAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE LOSS OF ALL RIGHTS TO CUSTODY, VISITATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CHILD(REN). IF TERMINATION IS GRANTED, YOU WILL RECEIVE NO NOTICE OF FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING YOUR CHILD(REN).

You are hereby notified that you have a right to be represented by an attorney. You also have the right to oppose the proceedings, to attend the hearing and to present evidence. If you desire an attorney, you may notify this Court within ten (10) days of receiving this notice ge.

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Public Notices found on Pages 9B & 10B. PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF ADDISON

The Addison Development Review Board will convene a public hearing on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Addison Central School on VT RTE 17 W to address the following application: 1. An application (#17-07) from George & Donna Badore and David & Linda Entrott for approval of a boundary-line adjustment between their residential properties located on King Hill Road (tax map ID# 06-02-17) and 06-02-16 respectively) involving the transfer of approximately 0.1 acres from the Entrott lot to the Badore lot. Both lots are now conforming with the road frontage and minimum lot size requirements of the Town’s Zoning Regulations, and will remain so after the proposed transfer.

The application is available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office during normal office hours. Interested parties who wish to appeal or to be heard at the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Board either before or during the hearing.

N.B.: Participation in a hearing is necessary to establish status as an “interested person” and the right to appeal a decision rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 S.S.4464 (a) (1) (C), 4465(b) and 4471 (a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing.

Respectfully Submitted, John Spencer, Chair Starr Phillips, Board Secretary E. W. Hanson, Administrative Officer 10/5

TOWN OF FERRISBURGH ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE OF SALE 32 V.S.A. § 5253

The resident and nonresident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison are hereby notified that taxes assessed by such Town for the tax years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such town, to wit; Being all the same land and premises conveyed to Lauren Hunter Gymrek Billings by Trustee’s Deed from Tove Nicole Gymrek Tower, dated April 24, 2012, and recorded in Book 141, pages 192-193 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records.

Said real estate being situated at 564 Old Hollow Road in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison and State of Vermont.

For a more complete description, visit the Town Clerk’s Office.

And pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5253 and § 5257 so much of such property will be sold at Public Auction at the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk’s Office, 3279 Route 7, a public place in such Town, on the 2nd day of November, 2017 at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs, unless previously paid.

Dated at Ferrisburgh, Vermont, this 15th day of September, 2017 Sally Torrey Collector of Delinquent Taxes 9/28, 10/5, 12

TOWN OF FERRISBURGH ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE OF SALE 32 V.S.A. § 5253

The resident and nonresident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison are hereby notified that taxes assessed by such Town for the tax years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such town, to wit; Being all the same land and premises conveyed to David Joseph Booth and Norma Asacelli Hernandez Gatica by Quit Claim Deed from David Joseph Booth, dated February 29,2008, and recorded in Book 126, page 198 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records.

Said real estate being situated at 192 Bird Haven Lane in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison and State of Vermont.

For a more complete description, visit the Town Clerk’s Office.

And pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5253 and § 5257 so much of such property will be sold at Public Auction at the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk’s Office, 3279 Route 7, a public place in such Town, on the 2nd day of November at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs, unless previously paid.

Dated at Ferrisburgh, Vermont, this 15th day of September, 2017 Sally Torrey Collector of Delinquent Taxes 9/28, 10/5, 12

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Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School District Board Meeting: Monday, October 9, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fair Haven Union High School.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

I represent 3935 Basin Harbor Road LLC. The company sold substantially all of its assets on October 13, 2016 and is currently in the process of winding up its business. I have been authorized by the company to administer that winding up. If you would like to submit a claim for amounts due to you from 3935 Basin Harbor Road LLC. you may do so by sending your claim in writing to: Pease Mountain Law PLLC P.O. Box 310 Charlotte, VT 05445-0310 Your claim must commence within 5 years after publication of this notice. If your claim is not received within that 5 year period it will be barred pursuant to 11 V.S.A. §4108. Your claim must include copies of all billing documents in support of your claim.

Dated: September 27, 2017 Michael T. Russell Pease Mountain Law P.O. Box 76 Bristol, VT 05443 (802) 453-2300

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MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says hunters are looking forward to Vermont’s upcoming Oct. 7- Nov. 3 and Dec. 2-10 archery deer hunting season.

A hunter may take up to two deer in Vermont’s two-part archery season with the purchase of two archery licenses. No more than one of the deer taken during archery season may be a legal buck. Antlerless deer hunting is allowed statewide this year during archery season.

In Vermont a hunter may take up to three deer in a calendar year in any

combination of seasons (Archery, Youth Weekend, November Rifle Season, December Muzzleloader). Of these, only two may be legal bucks, and only one buck may be taken in each season. A “legal buck” is a deer with at least one antler having two or more points one inch or longer. All three deer in the annual bag limit may be antlerless deer.

Hunters must have a standard hunting license in order to purchase an add-on archery deer hunting license, except that nonresidents may purchase an “archery only deer license” costing $75. Licenses may be quickly and

easily purchased on Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife.com.

Hunters planning a Vermont archery deer hunting trip should download a copy of the 2016 White-tailed Deer Harvest Report from Fish & Wildlife’s website. It has the number of deer taken in each town in last year’s deer hunting seasons. Hunters took 3,468 deer during the 2016 archery season.

For more information and a summary of regulations, download the 2017 Deer Season Guide on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website. For more help, email fwinformation@vermont. gov or call 802-828-1000.

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 396-9-17 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF THERESA M. SHERRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Theresa M. Sherry late of New Haven, Vermont.

I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court.

The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Dated: August 7, 2017 Diane M. Funk 606 Dog Team Road New Haven, VT 05472 (802) 777-6479 Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: October 5, 2017 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 10/5

BRETT KELLEY OF Poultney, Vt., with the nice buck he took in Vermont’s 2016 archery season.

Photo courtesy Vt. Fish & WIldlife.

MEETING RESCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED ADDISON COUNTY FAIR AND FIELD DAYS, INC. TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE All residents of Addison County are

The Middlebury Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 23, 2017 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at the Town Offices, 77 Main Street, to consider the following: 1. An application by Charles Roy for final subdivision review of a proposal to create a two-lot subdivision. The property is located at 651 Blake Roy Road, parcel ID 11:034, in the FOR zoning district.

Plans and additional information regarding these applications may be viewed at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Town Offices or by calling 388-8100, Ext 210. Participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

Jennifer L. Murray Town Planner/Zoning Administrative Officer 10/5

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - PANTON VT

hereby given notice of the annual meeting of Addison County Fair & Field Days, Inc., to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 2017 at the Weybridge Congregational Church, in Weybridge, Vermont.

AGENDA I. Welcome and Introduction of Board Members II. Review of 2017 Fair III. Financial Report IV. Audience Comments & Questions V. Election of Board Members and Officers VI. Refreshments will be served.

Cara N. Mullin, 9/28 Business Manager

PUBLIC NOTICE

Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm

The Town of Panton Selectboard is holding a public hearing pursuant to the adoption RESCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED• MEETINGAppointments RESCHEDULEDappreciated, of an amended and updated Panton Town Plan 2017-2025 onMEETING Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 5:30pm in the Panton Town Hall, in conformance with 24 VSA Section 4384. but not necessary.

The Public Notices section appears The purpose of the update is to be consistent with and conform to the intent of 24 every Monday & Thursday in the V.S.A Section 4302. Copies of the amended Town Plan are available for review at the 802-388-1966 Panton Town Hall, Jersey St., Panton, during regular town office hours, or on line at Addison Independent wwwpantonvt.us.

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Stop by any of these 63 locations for your copy of Addison County’s award-winning community newspaper!

Interested in selling the Addison Independent at your business?

All business types welcomed! Call 802.388.4944 on how to get started.

ADDISON:

Addison 4-Corners Store West Addison General Store

BRANDON:

Champlain Farms Hannaford Jiffy Mart Junction Store & Deli Mac’s Market Rite Aid Union Street Grocery

BRIDPORT: Boise Citgo Pratt’s Store

BRISTOL:

Bristol Country Store Bristol Discount Beverage Maplefields Champlain Farms Rite Aid Shaw’s

EAST MIDDLEBURY: Downhome Deli Maplefields Mac’s Market

FERRISBURGH:

Ferrisburgh Bake Shop & Deli Jiffy Mart

FOREST DALE:

Forest Dale Grocery

GRANVILLE:

Granville General Store

HANCOCK:

Hubbard’s Store JD’s Quick Stop

LEICESTER:

Champlain Beverage

LINCOLN:

Lincoln General Store

MIDDLEBURY:

Champlain Farms Costello’s Market Hannaford Kinney Drugs Maplefields Marble Works Pharmacy Middlebury Discount Beverage Middlebury Inn Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op Middlebury Short Stop Paris Farmers Union Rite Aid Rosie’s Shafer’s Market & Deli Shaw’s The Vermont Book Shop Village Depot

NEW HAVEN:

Jiffy Mart (7 & 17) Lester Farm Market (during the summer and fall) Maplefields Village Green Market

NO. FERRISBURGH:

No. Ferrisburgh Short Stop

ORWELL:

Buxton’s Store Orwell Gas n Go

RIPTON:

Ripton Country Store

SALISBURY:

Kampersville Store

SHOREHAM:

Shoreham Service Center

STARKSBORO:

Jerusalem 4-Corners Store

VERGENNES:

Champlain Farms Kinney Drugs Marble Works Pharmacy Shaw’s Small City Market Vergennes Redemption Center Vergennes Wine

City man cited for assault, unlawful mischief VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Sept. 28 cited a city man for simple assault and unlawful mischief that they said stemmed from a dispute between two men over borrowing a friend’s car.

Cited was Eddie Mulliss, 23, for allegedly punching another man in the face and causing bruises and abrasions, an incident that occurred at a Mountain View Lane residence.

Police said he and the victim had debated in person and then over Facebook about the terms of Mulliss’s plans for the car once he had borrowed it. Mulliss was cited and released, police said.

In other action between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1, Vergennes police:

Vergennes Police Log

• On Sept. 28 dealt with an emotionally distraught East Street resident.

• On Sept.

28 searched unsuccessfully for a couple reported to be arguing in the downtown area.

• On Sept.

28 searched unsuccessfully for a woman reported to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol walking along Main and South Water streets.

• On Sept. 29 shortly after midnight told skateboarders to leave

the Vergennes Union Elementary School parking lot due to noise concerns.

• On Sept. 29 dealt with a fenderbender on Green Street.

• On Sept. 29 helped jump-start a car on Depot Street.

• On Sept. 30 helped a New York resident who had been thrown out of a home she was visiting by finding a volunteer to drive her home and helping them obtain gas vouchers from the John Graham Shelter.

• On Sept. 30 ticketed Craig R. Brown, 39, of Burlington for driving without a license or registration and for possession of marijuana after finding him asleep

behind the wheel of a running car in the Ferrisburgh Dollar General store parking lot.

• On Oct. 1 told youths smoking to leave the city skate park.

• On Oct. 1 dealt with a threecar accident on Main Street near the Bixby Library in which one driver whose vehicle struck two other vehicles was taken by the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad to Porter Hospital. Police said two vehicles that had yielded at a crosswalk for a pedestrian were struck by the third vehicle.

• On Oct. 1 after receiving a report of erratic driving stopped a northbound vehicle on Route 22A and determined the driver was OK.

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AUCTIONS

Moving company fails to deliver goods to home MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on Sept. 27 received a report from a former resident who had hired a moving company to take household goods to a new home out of state but the goods never arrived.

Police are investigating.

In other activity between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1, Middlebury police: • On Sept. 25 got a call from a Main Street resident who had received overpayment for an item sold on craigslist.com; the payer had told the Middlebury man to keep the full amount for now but to give the extra money to the person who picks up the item being sold.

Police told the local man that this was a scam and he should shred the check.

• On Sept. 25 responded to a minor two-car crash in a Court Street Extension parking lot that resulted in some property damage.

• On Sept. 25 assisted a drunken man who had fallen down in the Buttolph Drive neighborhood.

Ultimately the man was taken to Porter Hospital.

• On Sept. 26 at 12:48 a.m. turned over an incapacitated female to her father.

• On Sept. 26 looked into two separate car crashes with some property damage — one on Case Street and the other on Collins Drive.

• On Sept. 26 heard that some juvenile males were seen damaging a shopping cart on Court Street Extension. Investigation continues.

• On Sept. 26 looked into a report of a bike stolen from Valley View Road.

• On Sept. 26 at 11 p.m. warned a male and female that they in the town park on Main Street after it had closed.

• On Sept. 27 at 1:33 p.m. helped Middlebury Regional EMS personnel with an intoxicated male who was vomiting on Exchange Street.

• On Sept. 27 responded to a report of a dog locked in a hot car parked on College Street.

• On Sept. 27 responded to a twocar crash with property damage on Main Street near Bakery Lane.

• On Sept. 27 served a restraining order on a Middlebury man at the police station.

• On Sept. 28 at 2:37 a.m. found keys in the door of a closed local business. The officer checked that

ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Hannah D. Rickner, daughter of Mark and Deb Rickner of Monkton, has been accepted into Boston University’s Doctorate program in Cell and Molecular Biology Research, and began her studies this September. Hannah graduated from Mt. Abraham in 2010, and from the University of Vermont Honors College in 2014.

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the building was secure and took the keys to the police station for the business owner to pick them up.

• On Sept. 28 began investigating a theft from a mailbox on Washington Street Extension.

• On Sept. 29 were called to an incident where two Middlebury Union High School students were scuffling and calling each other names. School officials meted out discipline.

• On Sept. 29 assisted MREMS with a student who had fallen at Middlebury Union Middle School.

• On Sept. 29 received a report that cows at a local farm weren’t getting proper care. Police said they found the cows were fine and headed soon to slaughter.

• On Sept. 29 responded to a

report of a domestic disturbance between two adult women in the Quarry Road area. Police report that no physical contact was made and the women agreed to separate.

• On Sept. 30 at 12:22 a.m. assisted MREMS with a drunken man on Buttolph Drive.

• On Sept. 30 at 1:27 a.m. issued tickets to cars parked on Weybridge Street for violation of the overnight parking ban.

• On Sept. 30 checked the welfare of a possibly suicidal person in the Woodland Park neighborhood.

• On Sept. 30 looked into a report of fireworks being set off on Route 7 South.

• On Oct. 1 responded to a car crash with property damage on Lemon Fair Road/Route 125.

• On Oct. 1 received a call about a man who had threatened to harm himself with his vehicle. Police couldn’t find the man, but were told later that he was located and safe.

• On Oct. 1 checked the welfare of a resident who had had a death in

PUBLIC AUCTION JCT. ROUTES 22A & 125 • BRIDPORT, VERMONT SUNDAY – OCTOBER 8th 9:00 A.M. 9:00 A.M. 9:00 A.M. We have been commissioned to sell the contents of Mary and the late Gordon Ketcham home of Brandon; along with tools from the late Joseph Bowen of Middlebury and others….

Early Copper Cow weather vane – 2 door pie safe – Blue decorated stoneware – Pr. Iron Garden urns – early cheery gate leg table – drop front cherry book case/ desk – (Virginia Gallery) – Jelly cupboard – iron lamp brackets – butter churn/table – Gov. Winthrop style desk – brass and iron trivets – fancy oak dresser w/mirror and others – View Masters – Reverse painting, Ogee and other mirrors – Rayo and oil lamps – early snowshoes and skis – Microscope – Copper luster – depression glass – cruet collection – Bone china – cut glass – mixing bowls – Misc. sterling – several Rugs of various sizes – 2 floral sofas – copperware – sap neck yoke – Cedar blanket box – several drop leaf tables – 1 drawer stands – oak commodes – old sheet music – early Ladies Home Journals – 1950’s Playboy Collection (not #1) – paper advertising – Recliner – Wingback chair – Oynex chest set – Zane Grey books and others – Linens – quilts – vintage clothing – lift top commode – flax wheel – Singer 221 Sewing machine – early 4 poster acorn top bed complete – cannon ball bed – oak stands – nice Victorian sofa – Potbelly stove – 45, 78 and LP records – Washbowl and pitcher set – Ladies 14K gold Amethyst 11. Ct ring – 14K green Jade bracelet – pocket watches – toleware – 10” 1919 Iron ship bell – dome top table trunk – leather bucket – iron inkwell – brass bucket – baskets and more…

PRINTS AND PAINTINGS Lg. early o/c – Signed watercolors – Woody Jacksons – charcoal – bird prints – Local Jim Bushey folk art OUTSIDE 9:00 A.M. 16’ old Towne & Indian Band canoes – J.D. G & 85 riding lawnmower – several push mowers – J.D. 924 DE snow blower electric start – Snapper snow blower – Allis 4 h.p. rototiller – milk cans – early wooden horse drawn plow – lawn trimmers – 2250 Watts generator – wool & silk rug material – dog cages – Machine Vise – Schwinn All around Cruise bicycle and others – Delta 10” table saw – Craftsman miter/chop saw – 26’ aluminum ext. ladder – Gorilla aluminum ladder and step ladder – Shop vac – Echo chain saw – leaf blower – gas hedge trimmer – wooden wheel barrel – early 4 pc. Wicker set – garden cart – limb trimmer – patio set – lg. sea shell collection – wash tub stand – 200 Texas flag Snow goose decoys – 2 dz. Plastic decoys – 3 ton chain hoist – electric winch – 12’ aluminum boat – Life preservers – and much much more….

Terms: Cash, check, MC, Visa Lunch by Bridport Grange AUCTIONEER: Tom Broughton PO Box 53, Bridport, VT 05734 802-758-2494 AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Preview 7:45 a.m. day of sale. All items sold as is, where, with no applied warranty. 10% Buyer premium with check or cash – 13% credit card

www.tombroughtonauctions.com

the family.

• On Oct. 1 were asked to check the welfare of a man, who was located in Shoreham.

• On Oct. 1 assisted a state police officer at a traffic stop on East Main Street.

• On Oct. 1 stood by until the fire department arrived to handle a fire alarm going off at a Merchants Row building.

• On Oct. 1 responded with the fire department to a report of a bonfire off Washington Street.

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Sept 28 & Oct 2 BEEF P. Lussier P. Parent Nop Bros & Sons J. Townshend M& L Quesnel Foster Bros Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb 1840 .65 1600 .65 1565 .64 1685 .62 1495 .62 1420 .615

CALVES B. Danyow Farm Defreest Farm Kayhart & Bros Farm Wilcon Farm D. Essex Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 101 1.00 101.00 96 .975 93.60 97 .925 89.73 106 .95 100.70 109 .90 98.10

Dollars 1196.00 1040.00 1001.60 1044.70 926.90 873.30

Total # Beef: 336 • Total # Calves: 368 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

ABSOLUTE AUCTION — NO RESERVES

SATURDAY – OCTOBER 14TH, 2017 - STARTING @ 8:30 AM For Townline Equipment and other local equipment dealers and contractors.

Located at Gray’s Field, 1315 US RT 5 North in Fairlee, VT 05045.

Take exit 15 off I-91 go North on RT 5 and field is on the left.

TRACTORS New NH Workmaster 37 4WD w/ loader MF 481 4WD w/loader MF 1528 w/loader, low hours Ford 3600 diesel, 1639 hrs Mahindra 2015HST 4WD w/loader, belly mower, 506 hrs Kubota BX2200 4WD w/loader, belly mower JD 301 w/side rotary mower JD 3010 gas w/loader, cab MF 285 Kubota B9200 4WD w/loader (needs work) 2 Farmall H FARM MACHINERY NI 5209 discbine Case IH 3309 discbine NH 488 haybine MF 128 baler MF 124 baler w/kicker MF 120 baler Kuhn GF22NT tedder Kuhn GF440 tedder Duetz Fahr KS3.33 3pth rotary rake Int 251 2 row planter Int 530 manure spreader MF 160 manure spreader Windmill 700 3pth fert spreader New 5’ &6’ rotary mowers New 3pth 60” flail mower 3pth harrow Valmetal 35’ hay elevator on wheels Hardi BNL50 50 gal 3pth sprayer 1 Bottom plow Hay elevator SUPPORT EQUIPMENT Vermeer 630A tow behind stump grinder Mighty Murc wood splitter

Mighty Mac chipper/shredder 18 hp on trailer CONSTRUCTION 2008 Deere CT322 track skidsteer, 1312 hrs 2007 Kubota KX121 excavator w/ cab, hyd thumb, angle blade 2007 Kobelco SK1026 hi-flow 2 speed skidsteer Deere 310D turbo 4WD extendahoe 2005 Case 420 skidsteer 2011 hrs Cat 977K track loader Case 450 dozer w/winch Hough 65 2yd wheel loader JD 420 crawler w/blade VEHICLES & TRAILERS 2002 Eager Beaver 20HALX 20T w/ air brakes Quality 5T trailer Landscape trailer Storage trailers 98 Ford Super Duty w/33’ bucket 87 INT S1900 dump truck Chevy Blazer w/plow Chevy S10 w/plow MISC. New 2-30’x65’ storage buildings New 20’x30’ storage building New 8800# 2 post auto lift New 50T shop press New 16’x22’ event tent New 20’x40’ full enclosed party tent 2 New sets of wrought iron Estate gates New 8’x10’ twin wall green house 4 wheel people mover wagon w/ brakes HD plate compactor Generac 10,000W generator Powermatic 221 20” planer, 10 hp, 3 phase w/converter

10’ Utility body 11-12’ coral panels w/gate ATTACHMENTS Norse 400 3pth winch Woods 1021 10’ rotary cutter Woods M5 dixie cutter brush hog Landpride FRD1560 60” finish mower Fransgard 3pth winch Q/A Bobcat 61” snow blower Meteor SB60 60” snow blower Worksaver 5’ rock rake 72” SS 3pth finish mower Countryline 3pth post hole digger w/2 augers Bervac SB84 3pth snow blower Howse 10’ rotary cutter Bush Hog SQ160 60” rotary cutter Hurd 3pth sand spreader Kitoti 6’ 3pth blade 6’ toolbar Countryline 6’ 3pth rock rake Grizzley grapple bucket Q/A 8’ snow plow New Q/A forks New Q/A buckets New Q/A Brush mower for skid steer New Q/A hyd dozer blade New 3pth backhoe attachment New 3pth wood chipper LAWN & GARDEN 2005 Kubota ZD25 diesel zero turn w/60” deck & bagger, 1172 hrs Kubota F2000 4wd 60” mower Kubota G2160-54 diesel mower & bagger Simplicity Sovereign w/mower, power steering Simplicity 3415 w/roto tiller, mower, snowblower Simplicity 7016 w/mower, snowblower

Sale will start at 8:30 on Misc. Small Tools and Support Equipment Terms: Cash or Good Check, Credit Cards w/ 3% fee. 6% VT Sales Tax

AUCTIONEERS: C W GRAY & SON’S, INC.

Lunch by Wright’s Catering

EAST THETFORD, VT 802-296-5806 • VT LIC # 128 • 802-785-2161 Email address: cwgray@valley.net Web address: www.cwgray.com

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Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH — Ever wanted to learn how to play Bridge? Here is your chance! The Bixby Library will be hosting a free eight week Bridge Workshop for beginner players or those who are a bit rusty and want to get back into practice. Those interested must register by October 9. The sessions will be held Thursdays, 5-7 p.m., beginning Oct. 12 and running through December 7. A minimum of 10 people is needed to run the program so bring your friends along.

The teacher, Louise Acker, is an experienced instructor and player.

After you have completed the course you may join us at our weekly bridge gatherings every Monday at 1 p.m. or start a bridge club of your own with your friends. For more information: call Maddy or Sara at 802-877-2211 to register or email maddy.willwerth@ bixbylibrary.org or call Irma Heeter at 802-877-3377.

The Ferrisburgh Children’s Theater for Ferrisburgh Central School fifth and sixth graders will begin its eighteenth season on Monday, Oct. 23 from 3-5 p.m. in the school gym. This first meeting will be an introduction for the students and at 4:30 p.m. there will be an open session for parents/guardians to learn more about the theater program and the commitment that is required. The evening will feature students from previous productions to speak about their experiences.

Also of note, the production directors, Jill Fonte and Kristina MacKulin, will be hanging up their hats after this season. This program has been a labor of love for these two talented theater producers over these many years but the time has come to pass the torch. It remains their goal to find parents or community members to carry this program forward. No theater experience necessary — just a passion to work with students! Please contact FCS if you are interested in assisting with this long-standing and valued community theater experience for our children: 802-877-3463.

The Ferrisburgh Grange’s famous “King Pede” card parties are held on an ongoing basis and for October, the dates will be the Saturdays of October 14 and 28 at the Town Hall and Community Center at 6:30 p.m. The socializing begins with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun and card games. This is a great way to keep in touch with your neighbors and support our Grange —

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so all are welcome.

Parents of students at the Vergennes Union Middle and High School are welcomed to become involved in school organizations to support the school’s academic and extracurricular activities. The Vergennes Booster Club has organized fundraisers and other events that have assisted with such activities as purchasing uniforms and sports sounds systems, and funding playing field improvements.

Their meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month, 6-7 p.m., in the VUHS Library. Check the VUHS Sports Calendar to verify time and location each month or email vuhsboosters@gmail.com.

The Commodore Parent Teacher Group’s mission is to encourage and support academic achievement through the promotion of family/parent involvement in the school, provide enrichment grant opportunities, and to enhance communication between families/parents, teachers, administrators, and community members. The group supports such events as the Back to School night and also has created the Enrichment Grant program that supports academically related activities.

The CPTG always welcomes new members. Their next meeting is on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the VUHS library. If parents are not able to commit to regular meetings they are invited to join the CPTG email distribution to receive updates from the meetings and also periodic requests for help with different school initiatives. Contact Lynne Rapoport at lrapoport@anwsd.org for more information and sign up for their distribution list to help in the CPTG’s worthy efforts.

Parents and community members are also encouraged to sign up for the Vergennes Union Middle/ High School blog. Subscribing to the blog can be done with an email account to get regular updates and/or follow @VergennesUHS on Twitter (blog posts feed the Twitter account automatically). School information, with resources and contact information, is also available on the school’s website: vuhs.org.

Rokeby Museum will be open throughout the month of October, closing for the season on Oct. 29.

There is a full schedule of special events in addition to its ongoing offerings of exhibits in the Education Canter and tours of the Robinson

home. On Sunday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., photographer Jeff Howlett will discuss the art of making tintypes — early photographs made on small rectangles of metal. He will be offering his services and showing folks how this early technology was used for imaging.

Invented in 1856, the tintype brought mass portraiture to everyday Americans for the first time. All are welcome to come and have a tintype made (there will be a fee of $50 per tintype.)

On Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m., botanist Robert Popp will present on his work in tracking and inventories of rare and unusual plants for Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.

These species may be rare because they have particular habitat requirements, are subject to habitat loss, are at the edge of their range, or are vulnerable to disturbance or collection.

Popp’s presentation will remind us of Rokeby’s Robinson, who had a deep interest in natural history. Author Rowland Evans Robinson was an experienced amateur naturalist who made an important discovery in 1876 — out on a fox hunt, he discovered a small stand of gray pine, which was previously unknown in Vermont.

Saturday, Oct. 7, will be the annual James Wakefield Rescue Row at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

On Dec. 9, 1876, the crew of the canal schooner General Butler was stranded atop the breakwater in Burlington after their boat sank during a terrible winter storm. They were rescued by James Wakefield and his son, who rowed out to save them.

Every year, the Champlain Longboats program commemorates this heroic event with a youth rowing race on Lake Champlain, traditionally held in Burlington, with over one hundred participants. The races begin at 9:30 a.m. Contact Nick Patch at 802-475-2022 x113 or nickp@lcmm. org for details. Also, the Museum closes for the season on October 15, so there is still time for another visit to view their ongoing extensive exhibits.

Note: We are always interested in including a variety of Ferrisburghrelated news in this column; so if you have news that would be of interest, contact Sally Kerschner at smwkersch@comcast.net. You are able to access these columns and other information about Ferrisburgh news and events by viewing the Ferrisburgh Town Website at ferrisburghvt.org.

THE VERMONT FISH & Wildlife Department is hosting a bird banding week at the new Dead Creek Visitor Center from October 16 to 21.

Help band birds in Addison

ADDISON — Birdof Vergennes will lovers are invited to “Birds are lead the banding join the Vermont Fish currently on workshop. Members & Wildlife Department a massive of the public will help at the new Dead Creek identify the birds, Visitor Center in migration observe the banding Addison to learn more headed process, and can even about bird banding southward, help release the birds and conservation. and many after they are banded.

The department is “Birds are currently partnering with Otter people aren’t on a massive Creek Audubon to even aware migration headed host Bird Banding of it.” southward, and many Week with hands— Bird bander people aren’t even on bird banding Rodney Olson aware of it,” said demonstrations.

Olson. “Dead Creek Songbird banding is a great location to will take place from 8 a.m. to 12 witness this migration because p.m. on Oct. 16, 17, and 21. Owl Dead Creek is actually alive — banding will take place from 8 it’s teeming with life. I encourage p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. people to come learn more about 20. the conservation work that goes Bird bander Rodney Olson on at Dead Creek and other

wildlife management areas every day.”

Bird banding is a conservation tool that helps biologists track the health of bird populations in the wild. It can also help biologists better understand bird movements in order to target high priority habitats for conservation efforts.

There will be several other stations set up to allow people to participate and learn more, including a station to identify birds using binoculars, a hunter education station to learn about waterfowl blinds and decoys, and a station with stuffed bird mounts.

Interested school groups are asked to contact Corey Hart at corey.hart@vermont.gov.

The new Dead Creek Visitor Center is located at 966 Vermont Route 17, in Addison.

Family run set in county’s beauty Ripton Ridge Run to be held Oct. 8

RIPTON — The Ripton Ridge Run is expecting a boost in participants from throughout the region as the popular 5K/10K run and 5K fun walk celebrates its 30th birthday on Oct. 8.

Always the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, this year’s event starts at 12:30 at the Ripton Elementary School. The courses take runners and walkers on paved and dirt roads showcasing some of Ripton’s natural beauty. The 10.4K run is a challenging loop.

The 5K run is out and back and also includes some of Ripton’s hilly terrain. For people not up for a run, there’s a 5K fun walk on the same scenic course. All end back at the school for the 30th annual event’s lunch, awards, raffle, and festivities.

Race day registration is from 11 “There are many opportunities a.m. to noon. The registration fee that would be out of reach for our includes race, full lunch, raffle, students if it weren’t for FORS long-sleeved t-shirt and a and the Ridge Run,” special commemorative said Principal Tracey glass. There are prizes “Ripton’s Harrington.

“Our for top runners and citizens turn students’ experiences glass medallions to top out in force to are greatly enriched, runners in every age make the day thanks to the efforts group. Race day fees successful and of our volunteers and are $25 for ages 15 and our local business under, $30 for seniors fun. We’ve got sponsors.” Barry King, of 65 plus and $40 for a strong sense a member of the Ridge ages 16-64. The Ripton of community Run Steering Committee Elementary School is on and that’s adds, “Ripton’s citizens the Ripton-Lincoln Rd., really evident turn out in force to make less than a mile from the the day successful and at the Ridge Ripton Country Store. fun. We’ve got a strong The Ridge Run Run.” sense of community and — Barry King that’s really evident at depends on the generosity of many, the Ridge Run.” many local businesses — some For more information, call the having contributed from the Ripton Elementary School at 802beginning. Funds raised benefit the 388-2208 during school hours, Ripton Elementary School though email riptonridgerun@gmail.com the Friends of the Ripton School. or go to riptonridgerun.org.

ACTR seeking feedback from riders, community MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking feedback from riders and other community members on proposed route and schedule redesigns for its in-county and Saturday LINK services.

There will be four meeting options: • Friday, Oct. 13, 6:15-7:15 p.m., ACTR, 297 Creek Rd., Middlebury.

• Monday, Oct. 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Police Department, Route 22A. • Tuesday, Oct. 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St., Bristol.

• Wednesday, Oct. 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m., North Branch School, 898

Lincoln Rd., Ripton.

The format for each open house will be the same and all are welcome at any location. For those in need of transportation to any of the open houses, rides can be provided.

Please call ACTR at least 48 hours in advance, 802-388-ACTR (2287) to arrange. In addition, a summary of the proposals will be available on ACTR’s website after Oct. 2.

ACTR will also accept written comments on the proposals through Wednesday, Oct. 18.

The redesign is driven by ACTR’s hub relocation to Academy Street, expected in early December. This move makes way for eventual bridge construction associated with

the railroad project in Middlebury.

In-county schedules have been tweaked to continue seamless transfers between routes.

New service is expected for Porter Express Care as well as commuter flag-down service from the Gorham Lane neighborhood in Middlebury. The hub move is not expected to affect the Rutland Connector or 116 Commuter routes. In addition to relocation adjustments, ACTR will improve efficiencies on its Saturday LINK and off-peak Snow Bowl Shuttle routes.

For additional information, please call 802-388-2287, go to actr-vt.org or email info@actr-vt.org.

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The Burlington-based psych-pop band Madaila, will play at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl this Saturday to celebrate the United Way of Addison County’s 50 years of service.

PHOTO / BRENDAN MCINERNEY

Madaila kicks off local United Way’s 50th year

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urning 50 deserves a celebration — a big one.

After all, that’s 18,250 days, or 438,000 hours, or if you count every minute: 26,280,000 minutes. It’s an accomplishment.

Not only has United Way of Addison County reached the big 5-0 this year, they have spent the last half century (all 26.2 million minutes) serving programs that enrich the lives of people who live and work in Addison County.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

So, with the help of Middlebury UndergrounD (MUD), our local United Way is throwing a birthday bash to remember. This Saturday,

Oct. 7, from 1-5 p.m., the Middlebury College Snow Bowl will host food trucks, all sorts of beverages, kids’ activities including a bounce house, youth bands from the area and the psych-pop juggernaut Madaila.

“We’re honored to help the United Way celebrate their 50th year of extraordinary service in Addison County,” said Lisa Mitchell, who founded MUD (a 501(c)3 multidisciplinary arts and event production organization) with her husband Andy. “They are making a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of our community each and every day and tackling real and serious issues like heroin in Vermont through their H.E.L.P. program.

They deserve accolades and support for their dedication to this community.”

Mitchell said that MUD has dreamed of putting on a live music event at the Snow Bowl, and

they’re grateful for the opportunity to bring this special vision to life.

“Madaila is the perfect headlining band for this debut event,” Mitchell added. “They have Middlebury College and Addison County roots and learned to ski at the Bowl. And they are awesome!”

General admission is $15 in advance or $18/ door; students/teens pay $12 in advance or $15 at the door; and kids 12 and under are free. All ticket proceeds will benefit the general fund of United Way of Addison County.

“We are using this event as the 50th anniversary kick off,” said Nancy Luke, Marketing and Development Director for UWAC. “We wanted to do something for SEE MADAILA ON PAGE 3

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AUTHOR Local author reflects on his life’s work and writing

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he Vermont Book Shop and Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society present “In Search of the Real World: Richard Hawley Reads from his Life’s Work” on Sunday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., at CVUUS (2 Duane Court, near Middlebury Union High School). This is a free event open to all.

Hawley is a writer of astonishing range and

authority, a master of many forms: novel, short story, poetry, critical nonfiction, literary non-fiction, philosophy. The author of over 20 books, he will be reading from recent work, work-in-progress and favorites over the course of his writing life.

“From the time I was a little boy, I realized there was ordinary life and — occasionally I found when I was outside in nature or with animals — extraordinary, transforming experiences,” Hawley

explained in a recent interview. “Which is the real world, is something I’ve been asking myself ever since. The day to day?

Or the elevated special glimpses into the Ultimate or the greatest thing?

(B.A., 1967), Cambridge University (M.A.) and Case Western (Ph.D).

He taught at University School in Cleveland, Ohio, for 37 years, the last 17 of which he served as its headmaster.

“Through poems, fiction, writing about my work in schools and boyhood, I’m going to try to develop that theme through the talk on Sunday.”

He is the founding president of the International Boys School Coalition, which now numbers 250 schools worldwide. He conducts research, writes extensively, and lectures widely on educational practice, most recently on the relational nature of good teaching.

Scholar and schoolmaster, Hawley was educated at Middlebury College

Hawley’s most recent novel, The Three Lives of Jonathan Force, is a panoramic take on the life of a popular social critic in three stages, taking him from first breath to last.

One reviewer wrote that Hawley “explores with sensitivity and eloquence the unexpected moments that linger in memory and give shape to our souls.”

His 1984 epistolary novel, The Headmaster’s Papers, has remained in print for over 30 years. In 2015, he combined it with two subsequent novels, The Headmaster’s Wife and The Headmaster’s Son, into a trilogy, Greeve’s Passing, a moving examination of the life and struggles of John Greeve, the Headmaster, and his family.

John Irving has observed, “Richard Hawley has the poise and vision to create a whole world.”

At present, Hawley is working on an extended personal reflection tentatively titled An End Game: a Meditation on Life’s

details When: Sunday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m.

Where: Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury Cost: Free Info: (802) 388-8080

Closure. It will be included in the work from which he will read on Sunday evening.

“When I came to the threshold of old age, I told myself I would try to document the experience of the end of life,” said the 72-year-old who lives in Ripton with his wife, the artist Molly Watson Hawley. “It’s the passage of real time… Who knows, maybe it’s just a grandiose diary, but I find it valuable and essential to reflect on my deep past and what happened an hour ago.

It’s about the pleasures of things and frustrations of what I can’t do anymore.”

Hawley has selected six or seven past works to present this Sunday.

“I’m looking forward to this very much,” he said. “This event caused me to reflect on my work and ask: Is there any shape to this?

Or momentum? Yes, there does seem to be a shape to it. It’s about how you convey boyhood into manhood, and how you integrate the most sublime experiences with every day life.”

— Elsie Lynn Parini contributed to this report.

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families because we’re all about CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the whole family. And it’s an opportunity to reach a new demographic and educate them about what we do.”

MADAILA

This year, UWAC has an annual fund drive goal of $650,000. With this general fund, the non-profit supports other local agencies that provide health care, food, shelter, and a myriad of other services to those in need right here in our backyard. New this year, $50,000 of that goal will specifically benefit three programs: the Heroin Epidemic Learning Program (H.E.L.P.), United at Work and the budding Addison County Mentoring Collaborative.

“Over the years a lot has changed, but some hasn’t,” Luke said. “There’s still need in Addison County. It hasn’t been easy for people who are what we call the ‘working poor’ — they are people who are working, but just can’t make ends meet.

That’s a real target group for us. We want to create stability in their lives.

“By attending this event you’re giving to 26 grantees and almost 40 programs in one fell swoop,” Luke added.

YOUTH BAND LINE UP Expensive Reality, from Vergennes Brody McGuire, bass Carter McGuire, guitar and vocals Liam McGuire, drums Squig Heart Evan Jennison, Starksboro, guitar Preston Connel, Lincoln, drums Kai Pasciak, Middlebury, bass Declan Anderson, Orwell, guitar West Road Rockers, from Whiting Avery Thurston, lead guitar Payton Thurston, drums Grant Thurston, bass guitar

according to Daly. Or is it “upbeat, pop music with some rock and roll sprinkled in there,” said Maier.

Whatever it is, people of all ages like the music.

“We’ll make people dance, then stretch out and jam,” said Daly. “There’ll be a little bit of something for everyone.”

Madaila will play tunes from both of their albums, “The Dance” and “Traces,” plus new material that they’ve been working on.

Efficient? You betcha.

Besides doing a good thing. This event is going to be awesome fun for the whole family.

What are the locals looking forward to most about returning to their hometown ski hill?

Mini pizzas.

Come eat, drink, learn about United Way, take a chairlift ride up Worth Mountain, listen to great music and work up a sweat dancing to the sounds of Madaila.

Three of the five members of the Burlingtonbased band are Middlebury Union High School grads — that’s Mark Daly, Eric Maier and Jer Coons. Willoughby Morse graduated Mount Abe and Dan Ryan, well, he’s from West Barnet.

“Oh, those were the best!” Daly crooned.

While the cafeteria won’t be open, plenty of food vendors will be outside ready to serve some fresh eats. Look for Back Road BBQ, Mach’s Brick Oven Pizza, Broccoli Bar, Thelma’s Bread Dough and Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream. Two Brothers Tavern will be serving beer, wine and hard cider on the

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, October 5, 2017 — PAGE 3 upper deck. For non-alcoholic options look for Aqua ViTea Kombucha, TreTap (maple seltzer) and beverages from Stone Leaf Tea House.

After a bite, jump on the Worth Mountain chairlift for a ride up to the top. Lift tickets will be sold separately by the Snow Bowl: $5 for adults and $3 for students. Well worth it to see all the beautiful foliage. At the top of the mountain patrols will assist riders and point out different views. When you’re ready to go down, you can either walk (it’s faster) or take the lift.

“Round trip on the lift takes about 45 minutes,” said Peter Mackey, manager of the Snow Bowl.

Though the Snow Bowl has been used as a venue for alums, faculty, staff and non-profits, Mackey can’t remember a time they’ve done something that’s open to the public like this.

“I would say we’ve never done a rock concert,” he said. “But it’s something we’re hoping to do more of. We want to expand our summer ops, so this will be a good test.”

The event will be held rain or shine, though hopefully it’s nice weather and party-goers can stretch out with their blankets and chairs on the large lawn at the base of the Allen.

“The weather is such a factor, but it’s a great site for music,” Mackey said. “There are no neighbors, and the Allen makes a nice bowl for acoustics.”

Plan on joining the fun this Saturday at the Snow Bowl to help kick off the United Way of Addison County’s 50th year of service. Bring cash for the vendors and leave your pets and outside booze at home. Happy Columbus Day weekend!

Editor’s Note: The Addison County Independent is a sponsor of this event, along with Otter Creek Brewing, Woodchuck Hard Cider, People’s United Bank, Two Brothers Tavern, Champlain Valley Equipment, ACTR and SunCommon.

“Playing at the Snow Bowl where we grew up skiing is gonna be sweet!” said Daly. “Not only is it a hometown show but a pretty meaningful site.”

Madaila, while a pop-staple up in Burlington, hasn’t played Middlebury since two summers ago at Festival on-the-Green.

“It feels really good to play in Middlebury where we grew up,” Maier said, blushing maybe just a little after seeing their name on the banner that hangs over Main Street. “But this show is different from anything we’ve done before, because it’s for charity and put on by two non-profit organizations.”

Usually, the band works out all the ticket sales, show details, PR, etc. “In this case we’re just showing up and offering our musical services.”

But don’t sell those “musical services” short. Madaila will bring an “upbeat, hearty neon spaceship ride,”

Madaila will play at the Snow Bowl this Saturday to kick off the United Way of Addison County’s 50th year of service.

Festivities also include food and drink vendors, kid’s activities and chairlift rides.

PHOTO / BRENDAN MCINERNEY

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IN TOWN Opera Company of Middlebury concocts an ‘Elixer of Love’

Haunted Hayrides spook Benson

DONIZETI’S COMEDY COMES TO TOWN HALL THEATER, OCT. 12-14

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ike to be scared? Well you’re in luck because the Benson Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Haunted Hayride is coming up this Friday, Oct. 6 and Saturday, Oct. 7. Brave souls will board hay wagons pulled by tractors at the Benson Town Hall (2760 Stage Road). Then they’ll go for a 45-minute adventure-filled ride with bumps, scares and laughs along an “abandoned” dirt road. Rides begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $7.50 night of, and may be purchased at the ticket booth, from 6:30-10 p.m. Or reserve tickets in advance — for individual seats or an entire wagon (30 seats) — $10 per person (they cost more because you can select your time). Email bensonhayride@ gmail.com or call (802) 537-3421 to reserve advance tickets or for more information.

The Opera Company of Middlebury enters its 15th season with a production of Donizetti’s famous comedy, L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love). The fizzy romantic opera tells the story of a con artist who convinces a town that his strange concoction can cure any ill — and can even make other people fall in love with you.

Tucked into the laughter is one of the most famous tenor arias of all time, the haunting ballad “Una furtiva lagrima”.

All of the singers in leading roles have sung with the company before. “We’re committed to having longterm relationships with our singers,” said OCM artistic director Douglas Anderson, “and one of the ways we do that is to use our fall

production to bring back singers we know and love from previous years. It’s always a great homecoming.

And of course singers love to come back to Vermont, especially in October. We don’t have to twist any arms.”

Tenor Joshua Collier plays the lovesick Nemorino.

Collier is making his third visit to the company, having performed in Turandot and last year’s Il Trittico. He’ll play opposite company favorite soprano Bevin Hill, who will be making her record sixth appearance with OCM. “Bevin is acknowledged as one of the funniest opera performers in the country,” Anderson said. “She was brilliant here in both The Magic Flute and Gianni

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Schicchi. And she sings like an angel.”

Rounding out the company are Kian Freitas (Dr. Dulcamara), Christopher Holmes (Belcore) and Rachel Hall (Giannetta).

“The opera originally takes place in an ancient rustic setting, but I’m not a fan of happy peasants lounging under spreading chestnuts,” said Anderson, who’s directing. “We have a more sophisticated take on it, placing our production in a Gatsby-esque bar in the 1920’s. Our elixir might very well be a martini.”

Guest conductor Jeffrey Rink returns to helm of the OCM Orchestra. The Middlebury College Chorus will once again serve as the opera’s chorus, under the direction of Dr. Jeff Buettner.

“We love this yearly rendezvous with Jeff and the college students,” Anderson added. “They get a wonderful introduction to the world of opera, and get to sing with some incredible artists. We get their energy and talent. Everybody wins.”

L’elisir d’amore will be presented at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater for three performances only this Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct, 13, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m.

Tickets range from $45$60, and may be purchased at towhalltheater.org, by calling or visiting the THT Box Office, (802) 382-9222 (Mon. - Sat. 12-5 p.m.), or at the door, if available.

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IN TOWN Joe K. Walsh Band picks Ripton Coffee House

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oe K. Walsh, hailed by CBCNewfoundland as “one of the best mandolinists of his generation” will appear with an all star band featuring Avril Smith on guitar, Brittany Karlson, bass, and John Mailander on fiddle, this Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Ripton Community Coffee House.

SATURDAY OCT. Arrive by 7:30 p.m.

Ripton Community Coffee House to see the open mic set, followed by featured performers.

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The Portland, Maine-based mandolin player is known for his exceptional tone and taste. His collaborations with acoustic music luminaries — including legendary fiddler Darol Anger, flatpick guitar hero Scott Nygaard, folk star

Jonathan Edwards, and pop/grass darlings Joy Kills Sorrow — have taken him all over the global and musical map. Walsh has played with everyone from John Scofield to Bela Fleck to Emmylou Harris, and performed everywhere from festivals to laundromats to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

After a number of award-winning years as mandolinist with bluegrass stars the Gibson Brothers, Walsh currently splits his time between an inventive string band called Mr Sun (featuring Darol Anger, Grant Gordy and Ethan Jodziewicz), a duo with Grant Gordy, and his own band. An avid educator, Walsh is a mandolin instructor at the Berklee College of Music and he teaches regularly at music camps throughout North America and beyond. He also offers an online course

open mic WANT TO SIGN UP FOR OPEN MIC AT THE NEXT RIPTON COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE? CALL (802) 388-9782 FOR MORE DETAILS.

through Peghead Nation.

Tickets for Saturday’s show are $10 general admission or $15 generous admission, and $3 for kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more info visit rcch.org.

Vergennes Opera House welcomes ‘Dangerous Bluesmen’ Downtown Bob Stannard & Those Dangerous Bluesmen are known for their high-energy performances. Come SATURDAY OCT. this Saturday, at 7:30 Vergennes Opera House p.m., to the Vergennes Opera House to see for yourself. Stannard has been playing harmonica since 1969 and fronting his own band since 2003. He has performed with some of the best bluesmen in the business including the late, great BB King, Charlie Musselwhite, John Hammond, David “Honey Boy” Edwards, Mark Hummel, Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irions, Jonathan Edward and author Stephen King.

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This Saturday, Stannard will bring together Jeff Salisbury on drums and vocals, Kenny B on bass, Brad Morgan on keys and vocals, Chris Lee Womack on saxophone and Johnny Falk on guitar and vocals. This band starts right off kickin’ it and never lets up.

Downtown Bob Stannard and Those Dangerous Bluesmen played to a soldout crowd the last time they performed in the Vergennes Opera House (in 2015) and organizers expect this show to be equally as popular.

“Bob really loves performing and his infectious

energy and incredible gift of music brings everyone in the room into another stratosphere of fun,” said Gerianne Smart, President of the Vergennes Opera House. “We just couldn’t wait to get him back to the Little City again.”

Stannard has produced four CDs, written several books, is a former Vermont legislator and currently enjoys his role as president of the Vermont Arts Council.

Tickets are $15 in advance online, at Classic Stitching in Vergennes, or at the door for $20.

For tickets and additional information visit VergennesOperaHouse.org or call (802) 877-6737.

one two three THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK NEW MURAL AT COMPASS CENTER

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Art Doty has been hard at work creating his model Otter Valley Railroad at Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. Virginia Creighton recently moved to Brandon and has begun painting a background mural for the railroad.

She studied art at Bennington College and spent most of her life in New York City where she founded a co-op gallery and exhibited in the now closed Tatistcheff Gallery. Stop in to see the progress!

Don’t forget to stop by the Middlebury Rec Center on Creek Road this Saturday and Sunday to see “Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey.” There will be at least 100 quilts on display, with vendors, raffles and other handmade items. There will also be a fundraiser for the “Everybody Wins!” reading mentor program. Lunch available for purchase. Tickets $5 at the door. More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com.

Did you know that there’s a free film screened Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium at Middlebury College? It’s the Hirschfield International Film Series. This Saturday, catch the 2016 Belgium/UK film, “A Quiet Passion,” directed by Terence Davies. The series continues for 20 more Saturdays. For movie listings and info visit middlebury.edu/ academics/fmmc/hirschfield/2017-2018 or call 802-443-3168.

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CALENDAR with terrariums made Susan Goldstein, photos by Krista Cheney and collages by Aurora Davidson.

Show runs through Nov. 12.

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ARTIST’S RECEPTION IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Oct. 6, 5-7 p.m., Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come to the opening reception for “Lyn DuMoulin: Places of the Heart” and see DuMoulin’s watercolors. The exhibit runs from Oct. 6-Nov. 12.

More info at 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION IN BRISTOL. Friday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m., ARTSight Gallery, 6 South St. “The Art of Word” features mixed media, collage, installation and paintings by Lily Hinrichsen, Karla Van Vliet, Rachel Baird, Basha Miles, Annie Perkins and Reagh Greenleaf Jr. Show runs Sept.

1-Dec. 31. More info at kvavlie@middlebury.edu or lilyhinrichson@gmail.com.

“A NEW ACQUISITION AFTER TITIAN” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Oct. 13, 12:30 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. In the 1660s, David Teniers the Younger compiled the first-ever visual inventory of an art collection, creating 243 small-scale copies of paintings owned by Archduke Wilhelm Leopold of Austria.

Pieter Broucke discusses one such work, recently donated to the museum, depicting Titian’s early masterwork “Rest on the Flight to Egypt.” Free. museum.middlebury.edu or 802-443-2291.

ART OPENING RECEPTION IN BRISTOL. Friday, Oct. 13, 5-7 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main St. Reception for the show “Bringing the Outside In”

FALL OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND STATEWIDE. Saturday, Oct 14 and Sunday, Oct 15, locations around Addison County.

BOOKS ROBERT MADRYGIN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. This Vermont author will read from and discuss his novel, “The Solace of Trees.”

BOOK CLUB MEETING IN BRIDPORT. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference Room, Crown Point Rd. and Short St. John le Carré’s novel “The Night Manager” will be the focus of the discussion. All interested readers welcome. More info at 802-758-2858.

BOOK DISCUSSION IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Oct. 13, 6-7 p.m., Shafer’s Market & Deli, 54 College St. Meet and discuss “The Fortunes” by Peter Ho Davies. Friday Night Book Club, for literary-minded folks, meets the second (or first occasionally) Friday of every month. New members are always welcome.

COMEDY “BEHIND THE PUNCH LINE: AN EVENING OF COMEDIC STORYTELLING” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Oct. 6, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Come hear seven storytellers tell first-person, true comedic stories without notes. If you would like to tell a story contact Michael Kingsbury at 802-459-2145 or mrk4vt@ aol.com. Space closes quickly.

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Featuring stand up performances by Sky Sandoval (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2017 Finalist), Tim Bridge (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2017 Winner), and Kendall Farrell (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2015 Winner).

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Oct. 5, 7 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. A show and tell followed by a general meeting, and spin/knit-in. All are welcome. More info at 802453-5960.

“QUILTING IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY” IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Facility, 154 Creek Rd. A two-day quilt show to raise funds for the “Everybody Wins!” reading mentor program and the Milk and Honey Quilters’ Guild. Featuring 100 quilts, vendor booths, raffle baskets, ornaments and other handmade items. Lunch available for purchase. Tickets $5, available at the door. Lunch available for purchase.

More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com.

FILM “A QUIET PASSION” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Oct. 7, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. Cynthia Nixon plays 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ biopic. Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

“THE SALESMAN” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Oct. 14, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. While rehearsing a production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” a couple must evacuate their home. After moving, the wife is attacked, leaving her husband determined to find the attacker despite his wife’s objections. Free. middlebury.edu/art or 802-443-3168.

JUST FOR FUN STARGAZING OPEN HOUSE AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE OBSERVATORY. Friday, Oct. 6, 8-9:30 p.m., weather permitting. Mittleman Observatory is atop McCardell Bicentennial Hall. A variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae visible through the observatory’s telescopes, which range up to 24 inches. Check the website go.middlebury.edu/observatory/ or call the observatory at 443-2266 after 6 p.m. on the evening of the event for weather status. Free.

16TH ANNUAL DEAD CREEK WILDLIFE DAY IN ADDISON. Saturday, Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Dead Creek Management Area, 966 VT Route 17.

Celebrate Vt. Fish & Wildlife’s Dead Creek area with presentations and nature walks and family activities and explore the new visitor’s center.

More info at 802-828-1000.

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19TH ANNUAL HARVEST FEST IN SHOREHAM. Saturday, Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Champlain Orchards, 3597 VT Route 74 W. Bluegrass tunes from the Bondville Boys, fresh local food from Fuego and Porkys Backyard BBQ & Smokehouse, free apple picking, free horse and tractor-drawn wagon tours, fresh pies, hot cider, caramel apples, arts and crafts, and hard cider tastings. Leashed dogs welcome. Free.

MADAILA ON THE MOUNTAIN IN HANCOCK. Saturday, Oct. 7, 3 p.m., Middlebury College Snow Bowl. A fundraiser and celebration of United Way’s 50 years in Addison County, featuring Vermont’s acclaimed pop band Madaila, celebrated local youth bands, food trucks, fall foliage chair lift rides, wine and craft beer courtesy of Two Brothers Tavern, kids activities and many other surprises for all ages. General Admission $15 in advance/$18 at the door; students $12 in advance/$15/at the door; kids under 12 free.

All proceeds benefit United Way of Addison County. More info at rockthesnowbowl.com or the Middlebury College Box Office.

HAVE YOUR TINTYPE PICTURE TAKEN IN FERRISBURGH. Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Rokeby Museum, 4334 Route 7. Photographer and tintype expert Jeff Howlett will be offering his services and showing folks how tintypes are made. Tintypes were the most popular form of photography from the 1860s to 1890s, and now you can have one too. Howlett will be making tintypes for $50 each throughout the day.

BEAR-A-PALOOZA IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Oct. 8, 2-4 p.m., Sheldon Museum of History, 1 Park St. Fun, free, family afternoon of bear-related activities. Have your photo taken with a bear. Author Ashley Wolff will read aloud from some of her books. Count the bears in a jar. Bring your favorite bear. Info: 388-2117.

LECTURE “SEEING THE WORLD, AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD SAVING IT” IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben discusses recent ways of seeing provided by today’s satellites and scientific instruments. In conjunction with the Museum exhibit Land and Lens. Free. museum.middlebury.edu or 802-443-2291.

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top pick IF YOU HAVEN’T GOTTEN INTO THE FALL SPIRIT YET, NOW’S THE TIME! THIS SATURDAY HEAD OUT TO CHAMPALIN ORCHARDS FOR THE 19TH ANNUAL HARVEST FEST IN SHOREHAM. THERE WILL BE GREAT TUNES, FOOD AND LOTS OF FALL FUN. BRING YOUR PUP (AND A LEASH TOO).

blues and jazz. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music. net or brandon-music.net.

JOE K. WALSH BAND ON STAGE IN RIPTON. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, 1305 Rt. 125. Mandolinists Walsh will appear with an all-star band featuring Avril Smith on guitar, Brittany Karlson, bass, and John Mailander on fiddle.

7:30 p.m. open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m. Open mic signup and info at 802-388-9782 or rcch.org.

DANISH STRING QUARTET PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

The Middlebury debut program includes Bartók’s first quartet, Beethoven’s first Razumovsky quartet, and arrangements of traditional Nordic folk tunes Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 General public/$22 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168.

RED GREEN ON STAGE IN VERGENNES. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. In “I’m Not Old, I’m Ripe.” Green, also known as Steve Smith, will reflect on the twists and turns of his life.

SOOVIN KIM, VIOLIN, PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Kim celebrates the release of his new solo Bach CD by performing Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 General public/$22 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students.

On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/ boxoffice or 802-443-3168.

DOWNTOWN BOB STANNARD ON STAGE IN VERGENNES. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. At VOH’s season opening, Stannard and his band Those Dangerous Bluesmen will rock the house with soulfull blues and zippy jazz.

Doors open at 6:30. Cash bar. General seating.

PETE’S POSSE ON STAGE IN LINCOLN. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Part of the Burnham Music Series. Refreshments served. Handicap accessible. Tickets $10 adults/ teens and kids free. More info at 802-388-6863.

DURHAM COUNTY POETS ON STAGE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A lively group from Quebec playing soulful folk/roots with hints of

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FIDDLERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Oct. 15, noon-5 p.m., VFW, Exchange St. Refreshments available. $3 donation. All fiddlers welcome. Fun and dancing.

STORYTELLING COCOON STORY-TELLING IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, October 14, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon the Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live without notes. A reception with the storytellers follows. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168.

THEATER WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Actor MacArthur Stine will open the never-seen sealed script of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in front of a live audience and perform it as he reads it.

MET LIVE IN HD IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Live screening on the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “Norma.” A free talk about the opera at 12:15 p.m. in the Jackson Gallery precedes the show. Tickets, adults $24/Students $10, available at 802382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door.

“L’ELISIR D’AMORE” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 14, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s romantic comedy about a love-sick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman.

Pre-performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Prosecco reception with the cast. Tickets Rows B-C $45/Rows D-M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office MondaySaturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door.

THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS ON STAGE IN BRANDON. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes, this husband and wife acoustic duo is known for their well-crafted and award-winning songs, top-notch lead singing, and fine harmonies. Tickets are $20. Pre-concert dinner for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music.net or on the net at brandon-music.net.

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EXHIBITS

The Art of Word ON VIEW NOW THROUGH NOV. 30 AT ARTSIGHT GALLERY, BRISTOL

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he Art of Word is an exhibit celebrating words in art, and art in words as interpreted by six Bristol artists: Lily Hinrichsen, Karla Van Vliet, Rachel Baird, Basha Miles, Annie Perkins and Reagh Greenleaf, Jr.

Viewers will see mixed media, collage, installation, paintings and a 1928 typewriter — feel free to tap out your own words!

“At ARTSight, while we have six artists’ studios, we’re also the home of the Bristol writing group

South Street Writers Collective,” Hinrichsen said, explaining the origin of “The Art of Word” as this exhibit’s theme. “Our love of word and being in a creative space is what prompted us to do this.”

Three of the artists exhibiting, Van Vliet, Miles and Hinrichsen, are also members of the writers group that meets twice a month.

ARTSight is located at 6 South Street in Bristol.

The public is welcome to an artist reception at the gallery on Friday, Oct. 6, from 6-8 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment to see the work call (802) 989-1333 or email, kvanvlie@ middlebury.edu or lilyhinrichsen@gmail.com.

A collage by Basha Miles of Bristol.

Lyn DuMoulin: Places of the Heart ON VIEW OCT. 6-NOV. 12 AT THE JACKSON GALLERY, MIDDLEBURY

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yn DuMoulin spends her summers canoeing, bicycling, bird watching and hiking the deep country of the Adirondack mountains. Watercolors by the Middlebury artist reflect her passion for nature and outdoor

activities with scenes from Vermont and the Adirondacks. She loves to paint people, canoes, mountains, and the back waters of the great North Country.

importance for me,” she said. “Reflections in water seem to mirror a deep, watchful presence in my life and often appear in my work. My work reflects my world; colorful and full of life.”

“The natural world and those places where it seems ‘God’s only been t’once’ grow in

DuMoulin paints full time since retiring from a college teaching career and additional diverse professions. Though she does not have “formal art training” she has developed a high level of skill in watercolor techniques through study with several well-known established artists.

Her work has won an award for excellence from the Vermont Watercolor Society in which she is a signature member. She has exhibited in several juried shows and Vermont galleries.

An original painting hangs in the lobby of the Nature Conservancy at Keene Valley in the Adirondacks.

See her work on display now at the Jackson Gallery, located in the lower level of Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. An artist’s reception will be held this Friday, Oct. 6, from 5-7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 12-5 p.m., and an hour before any public events in the building. For more information, call (802) 382-9222 or visit townhalltheater.org.

LEFT: “High Rock on the Oswegatchie” by Lyn DuMoulin.

Come see her work during an artist’s reception on Friday, Oct. 6, from 5-7 p.m., at the Jackson Gallery in Middlebury.

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EXHIBITS A STORY OF ART. On exhibit Sept. 5-Dec. 10, featuring the gifts and bequests from collector Charles Moffett — a Middlebury alumnus from the Class of 1967 and one of the most highly regarded world authorities on Impressionism — and his widow Lucinda Herrick. The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

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DRIVING THE BACK ROADS: IN SEARCH OF OLD-TIME VERMONTERS. On exhibit, Sept. 23-Jan. 6, featuring photographs and stories by Ethan Hubbard. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

LAND AND LENS: PHOTOGRAPHERS ENVISION THE ENVIRONMENT. On exhibit Sept. 15-Dec. 10, featuring 71 photographs spanning the mid19th century to the present day, including work by Ansel Adams, Arthur Rothstein, Eliot Porter and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as other contemporaries.

The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

LAND, SEA & SKY. On exhibit July 27-Oct. 21, featuring shimmering, dreamlike oil paintings on panel and canvas by artist Peter Brooke. BigTown Gallery, 245 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 349-0979 or bigtowngallery.com.

LYN DUMOULIN: PLACES OF THE HEART. On exhibit Oct. 6-Nov. 12, featuring watercolor paintings by Middlebury artist Lyn DuMoulin.

Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

LYN DUMOULIN: Places of the Heart

Watercolors by the Middlebury artist reflect her passion for nature and outdoor activities with scenes from Vermont and the Adirondacks.

Artist’s Reception Friday, October 6th 5 - 7 pm.

Sat 10/7 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

NORMA

This new and evocative production of Bellini’s masterpiece sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.

A free talk by Jim Pugh in the studio at 12:15pm.

Thu 10/12 & Fri 10/13 @ 7:30pm; Sat 10/14 @ 2pm $45-$60 OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY

L’ELISIR D’AMORE (THE ELIXIR OF LOVE)

A staged concert production directed by Douglas Anderson, with a full orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Rink. The Middlebury College Choir under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Buettner serves as the chorus.

Thu-Sat 10/19-21 @ 7:30pm & Sun 10/22 @ 2pm $22/$12 Students MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP

THE METROMANIACS

Love in disguise! Scheming servants! Mistaken identity! Rhymes Galore! A side-splitting comedy from the creative mind of David Ives (All in the Timing, Venus in Fur).

Thu–Sat 11/2–4 @ 7:30pm; Sun 11/5 @ 2pm $12/Thu; $17 Fri–Sun

NATURAL AFFECTION. On exhibit Aug. 25-Oct. 28, featuring paintings of the natural beauties in by Susan Bull Riley’s surroundings. Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr., Brandon. (802) 247-4295 or cmacvt.org.

PORTRAITS OF THE VERMONT LANDSCAPE. On exhibit Sept. 1-Oct. 31, featuring paintings and pastels by Middlebury artist Norma Jean Rollet. Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

THE ART OF WORD. On exhibit Sept. 1-Dec. 31, featuring mixed media, collage, installation, paintings by Lily Hinrichsen, Karla Van Vliet, Rachel Baird, Basha Miles, Annie Perkins and Reagh Greenleaf, Jr. A public reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m. ARTSight Gallery, 6 South Street, Bristol. (802) 989-1333 or lilyhinrichsen@gmail.com.

THE SOVIET CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. On exhibit Sept. 22-Dec. 10, featuring highlights from the museum’s holdings of Russian art, including photographs, luxury items by the firm of Fabergé, and a recently acquired Soviet poster. The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-3168 or museum.middlebury.edu.

THE STRONG AND THE WEAK. On exhibit Sept. 1-Oct. 15, featuring paintings by Patrick Shoemaker. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org

In the Jackson Gallery 10/6 - 11/12

BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN. On exhibit Oct. 13-Nov. 12, featuring work

by Susan Goldstein, Krista Cheney and Aurora Davidson, and their way of interacting with the natural world. Art on Main, 25 Main Street, Bristol. (802) 453-4032 or artonmain.net.

DRAW ME A STORY, TELL ME A TALE. On exhibit June 13-Oct. 15, featuring original artwork, sketches and more from 17 Vermont children’s book illustrators/authors. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury.

(802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

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MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY PLAYERS

THE CRUCIBLE

Featuring 27 Vermont actors (including 10 local students), the Players’ production strips this classic of period trappings, giving it a new life. The result is a riveting, contemporary perspective on the timeless, universal themes this drama tackles.

Wed 11/8 11am $13/ $8 students GREAT ART WEDNESDAYS

RUBENS: AN EXTRA LARGE STORY Rubens has been maligned by modern tastes, and hugely misunderstood. By looking in detail at his fascinating life, and understanding his art in more enlightened ways, this film intends to correct the extralarge and common misconceptions.

Thu 11/9 7pm $17/$10 students NT LIVE BROADCAST:

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter, Vera Drake) stars in a new production of Edward Albee’s landmark play, broadcast from the Harold Pinter Theatre, London.

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the movie BATTLE OF THE SEXES — RUNNING TIME: 2:01 — RATING: The significance of the 1973 Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs tennis match wasn’t as obvious then as it is now. Those of us who watched it back then thought of it as a joke crafted by Riggs to promote himself after the end of his tennis career. King understood perfectly that if she won, her victory would be a big step forward in equal treatment for women in pay and in attitude. Her victory was a landmark step even though four decades later, women are still fighting for equality.

Men earned as much as eight times what women did in professional tennis and were astonished when anyone suggested that was unfair. Billie Jean King believed that if she could beat Riggs in this match that was infused with serious intent along with comic foolery she could change the treatment of women.

Steve Carell and Emma Stone in Battle of the Sexes (2017).

Emma Stone and Steve Carell create King, Riggs, and the tone of their time with marvelous perception. Riggs had won Wimbledon three times and hated every minute of trying to live a normal life after tennis. Steve Carell captures the feisty guy who loved gambling and drinking. He decided to challenge the women’s champion, beat her, and confirm that women must stay where they belong and he would wrap it all up as comedy.

Emma Stone is terrific as she captures both the determination and the doubts King feels as she accepts Riggs’ challenge. She wants equality in pay and recognition for women, two goals ridiculed by men in tennis and business. Ninety million viewers watched her beat Riggs in three sets. At stake was the beginning of the Women’s Liberation movement of that era.

New poignancy is added to the story by revelation of their private lives.

King was married to a kind, supportive man (Austin Stowell) when she met Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough), an attentive hairdresser who became, against King’s better judgement, her lover. Riggs was married to Priscilla (Elizabeth Shue) a rich woman who supported him in the style he loved.

In a strong supporting cast, Natalie Morales creates Rosie Casals as a tough, outspoken ally for King’s decisions. Jessica McNamee gives us a nasty Margaret Court, and Bill Pullman creates a thoroughly unpleasant Jack Kramer who represents every man in the world who believes women belong in the kitchen and the bedroom. In a welcome addendum, we are given short, welcome statements about the turns their lives took after that match in 1973.

Though the battle starts with Riggs’ wrapping himself in a joke to recreate himself, the serious issues are all right there. Emma Stone is superb as she shows us the toll exacted on Billie Jean King as she made the world understand that women were about to emerge from the kitchen. We hear “Someday we will be free to be who we are and love who we love.” Forty some years later, that day has still not arrived.

Jack Kramer would be pleased.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

the book

BOOKS ABOUT DOGS

RESCUED: WHAT SECOND-CHANCE DOGS TEACH US ABOUT LIVING WITH PURPOSE, LOVING WITH ABANDON, AND FINDING JOY IN THE LITTLE THINGS — BY PETER ZHEUTLIN (TarcherPerigee)

The subtitle of this wonderful book goes a long way in summing up what it’s all about, why we, as human beings, find so much value and reward in taking in or adopting a dog — or any pet, but mainly a dog — that has no home. Anyone who has ever rescued a dog will connect with the stories so skillfully told within these pages. Zheutlin, in his previous book Rescue Road, related the story of Greg Mahle, who dedicated his life to helping dogs. In Rescued, he shares lessons from his own experiences adopting dogs as well as stories from many other families as well as rescue advocates like Mahle. The stories focus on what a rescued dog can teach us: like how a different perspective can change interpretation, and how saving a dog’s life can truly impact your own life in a meaningful and positive way.

— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

Inside of a Dog,

by Alexandra Horowitz Afterglow (a Dog Memoir),

by Eileen Myles Finding Gobi, by Dion Leonard Rescuing Finley, by Dan Walsh Rescue Road, by Peter Zheutlin Following Atticus, by Tom Ryan A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home,

by Sue Halpern Dog Is My Copilot, by Patrick Regan

Editor’s Note: Zheutlin and pet photographer Jesse Freidin will visit the Vermont Book Shop on Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. The evening will feature a slideshow, photography show, raffle, book discussion and donation collection. Proceeds will benefit Homeward Bound.

How Dogs Love Us, by Gregory Berns A Small Furry Prayer, by Steven Kotler

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MUSIC World-class quartet to perform in Middlebury DANISH STRING QUARTET TO PLAY BARTÓK, BEETHOVEN AND NORDIC FOLK MUSIC

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The Danish String Quartet’s expansive 2017–2018 North American season includes more than 30 performances across 17 states, featuring a richly satisfying array of diverse repertoire which includes both giants of the string quartet canon — Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, and Mozart — and lesser-performed works by Sibelius, Schnittke and Jörg Widmann.

ailed by the Washington Post as “one of the best quartets before the public today,” the Danish String Quartet has established a reputation for integrated sound, impeccable intonation and judicious balance. They will debut at the Middlebury Performing Arts Series this Saturday, Oct. 7, with a program including Bartók’s first quartet, Beethoven’s first Razumovsky quartet, and lively arrangements of traditional Nordic folk tunes.

Though the Quartet is a rising star in the chamber music scene, in demand in the most prestigious venues around the world, audiences may love them equally well for their refreshing approach to music. Quartet members Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello) have a youthful, hip stage presence and a special authenticity to their playing.

The Danish String Quartet plays at the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Saturday evening.

PHOTOS CAROLINE BITTENCOURT, NIKOLAJ LUND

their technical and interpretive talents with an infectious joy for music-making and “rampaging energy” (The New Yorker). Since first coming on the music scene in 2002 at the Copenhagen Festival, the musical friends have demonstrated a passion for Scandinavian composers, who they frequently incorporate into adventurous contemporary programs, while also giving skilled and profound interpretations of the classical masters.

“Our friendship has allowed us to enjoy life as a string quartet quite a bit,” they said. “We believe that music thrives when musicians are happy, confident, and enjoying each other’s company on and off the stage.”

Embodying the quintessential elements of a chamber music ensemble of the highest caliber, the Danish String Quartet matches

live music UNDUN . Friday, Oct. 6, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern, Middlebury.

DOWNTOWN BOB STANNARD. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House.

DURHAM COUNTY POETS. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

STRANGLED DARLINGS. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., Hatch 31, Bristol.

SECOND HALF. Saturday, Oct 7, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern, Middlebury.

JOE K. WALSH. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

DANISH STRING QUARTER. Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury.

ALEX SMITH. Friday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Hatch 31, Bristol.

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The Quartet’s debut recording on ECM Records features works of Danish composers Hans Abrahamsen and Per Nørgård and English composer Thomas Adés, and received five stars from The Guardian, praised as “an exacting program requiring grace, grit, and clarity and the Danish players sound terrific...

It’s a sophisticated performance.” The recording debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Classical Chart and continues to earn international acclaim. In addition to their commitment to highlighting Scandinavian composers, the Danish String Quartet derive great pleasure in traditional Nordic folk music. Their most recent album, Last Leaf, was released last month.

Experience The Danish String Quartet this Saturday, 8 p.m., at the Mahaney Center for the Arts in Robison Hall in Middlebury. Tickets are $28 for adults; $22 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti and alumni; and $6 for Middlebury College students. For tickets call 802-443-MIDD (6433) or visit middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

Durham County Poets live in Brandon The Durham County Poets are a lively group from Quebec playing soulful folk/roots with hints of blues and jazz.

They return to Brandon Music on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The five seasoned musicians, all of whom are songwriters, work individually and collaboratively in composing their music.

Delving into a variety of styles and genres, their musical influences include a broad range of artists.

From The Band to Dire Straits, Leon Redbone

to James Taylor and Neil Young, they have managed to put it all together to create their own musical style.

Catch them in Brandon on Saturday. Tickets for the show are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, e-mail info@brandon-music.net or visit brandon-music.net for more info.

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APPLE season T hough we arguably have the best apples here in Vermont, the delicious fruit is enjoyed across the globe. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples that produce various characteristics for flavor and appearance. The first apples, believe it or not, were cultivated in Asia.

Malus deomestica, or the common apple tree, is a descendent of apple trees that originated in Central Asia in what is now southern Kazakhstan. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe. The original

apple tree was the wild apple, or Malus sieversii. DNA analysis has confirmed that the wild apple is the progenitor of the cultivated apple enjoyed today.

and trees to settlers across the United States.

European colonists likely brought apple seeds and trees with them when they emigrated to North America, introducing that part of the world to the apple tree. Records from the Massachusetts Bay Company indicate that apples were being grown in New England as early as 1630. Americans also enjoy the popular story of Johnny Appleseed, who was believed to have distributed apple seeds

BOYERS ORCHARD in nearby Monkton, VT

OPEN FOR THE SEASON SEPT. 9 TH!

PICK YOUR OWN & PRE-PICKED from our abundant crop of Apples and Plums

While apples can be produced from seeds, nowadays many apples are propagated by grafting so that they retain the parent tree’s characteristics of flavor, hardiness and insect resistance. Grafting also allows multiple types of apples to grow on one tree.

So what are you waiting for?

Go out and visit one of our fine orchards and enjoy this year’s excellent apple harvest.

— MetroCreative

Douglas orcharDs & ciDer Mill

PICK YOUR OWN APPLES! Or enjoy ready-picked apples at our Farm Stand We’re Open until November 23rd!

VARIETIES AVAILABLE AS THEY RIPEN Macs • Empires • Cortlands • Honey Crisps Red and Golden Delicious • Macouns • Northern Spy

Honey • Maple Syrup • VT Cheese Garden Veggies • Fresh Corn Jams & Jellies • Cider Donuts Baked Goods • Garden Mums

Fresh Cider!

Rt. 74, Shoreham, VT • 897-5043 1 mile west of the village

Open 7 days a week • 9:30 – 5:30 1823 Monkton Road 453-2676

u-pick apples

OPEN DAILY 8-5

Specializing in

Heirloom Apple Varieties, Ice Cider, Hard Cider & Fresh Pressed Cider.

HEAD TO ONE OF THESE LOCAL ORCHARDS TO PICK YOUR OWN APPLES. Happy Valley Orchard 217 Quarry Rd, Middlebury (802) 388-2411

Tasting Room and Farmstand Open Sunday-Thursday 1-4pm through Columbus Day

Now doing m small custo pressing

Douglas Orchard 1050 Route 74, Shoreham (802) 897-5043

1491 Route 30, Cornwall, VT www.windfallorchardvt.com

HARD CIDERS AND WINES PRODUCED ONSITE FROM APPLES AND GRAPES THAT WE GROW ON OUR FARM! OPEN WEEKENDS FOR TASTINGS 10 AM - 5 PM BOYER’S ORCHARD 1823 MONKTON ROAD, MONKTON, VT WWW.BOYERSORCHARD.COM

Boyer’s Orchard 1823 Monkton Rd, Monkton (802) 453-2676 Champlain Orchards 3597 Route 74, Shoreham (802) 897-2777 Woodman Hill Orchard 175 Plank Rd, Vergennes (802) 877-6686

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The temps are starting to drop; the smell of wood smoke is in the air. Here are three things homeowners should consider to prepare for chilly weather.

SWITCH THE DIRECTION OF CEILING FANS Most have a switch to allow the ceiling fan blades to rotate either clockwise or counterclockwise — one way pushes air down to create a nice breeze and the other sucks air up, helping to distribute the heat.

Think counterclockwise when it’s warm and clockwise when it’s cool.

CLEAN WINDOWS Daylight is about to dwindle so why not get as much of it as you can? Clean off all the bugs, dust, and grime from your windows

while the weather is still warm enough to do so. For streak-free windows, combine a quarter-cup of white vinegar with a quarter- to half-teaspoon of eco-friendly dish detergent and two cups of water. Bright sunshine on winter’s darkest days makes it totally worthwhile.

GET THE FIREPLACE INSPECTED It’s time to dust off and sweep the chimney.

Best to hire someone who knows woodburning fireplaces. A professional chimney sweep will ensure your wood-burning fireplace burns more efficiently and will help prevent chimney fires and carbon monoxide poisoning during the winter.

Tip: If you don’t already have a chimney cap, this is also the time to add one to stop wild outdoor critters from crawling down it — and (yikes!) into your house.

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HOME + DESIGN

SET INTO A hillside on the shores of Lake Dunmore, the “Cantilever House” was architect Brian Mac’s solution to maximizing lake views on a long narrow lot.

Contents Thinking outside the box...............................................................................................................1 Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation welcomes Wood Energy Coordinator...............5 Make the most of limited space.................................................................................................5 Make it a green winter with these energy-saving tips.........................................................5 Vt. reminder: smoke alarms save lives......................................................................................6 Reduce cold-weather fire risk.....................................................................................................6 What is meant by a ‘smart home?’............................................................................................7 What to do next when a project stalls......................................................................................7 Custom millwork can add appeal and a classic feel..............................................................7 Tackle these 5 projects this fall..................................................................................................9 Bring more warmth to your home this fall ..............................................................................9 Chimney maintenance should be a part of home safety.....................................................10 Contemplating antiques? ...........................................................................................................11 Here’s how to buy.........................................................................................................................11 Must-have kitchen remodel features .....................................................................................12 Make rooms serve double duty.................................................................................................12 Fall lawn care tips........................................................................................................................13 Bold colors add vitality to homes.............................................................................................14

Thinking outside the box

A Vermont architect reimagines a Lake Dunmore camp

By LISA LYNN LEICESTER — The most innovative architecture can come from solving complex problems: tiny lots, stringent setbacks, limited views, the need to survive winters sitting empty, and a preconceived notion of what a “camp” is.

Say the word “camp” and you might envision a deer camp in the woods above Lincoln, or a cottage on Fern Lake.

When Brian Mac, the principal architect behind Birdseye, a design and build firm out of Huntington, was set to the task of building a “camp” on Lake Dunmore, he thought about it very differently.

The house bears as much resemblance to what sat there before it as an iPhone does to a teletype machine. Entirely contemporary, minimalist and stunning, its two buildings seem to cascade down the steep hillside—steps of matte

black metal framework and glass walls, alternating like slabs of rock and reflecting pools.

The size of the main house, 2,300 sq. ft., is masked by the fact that it is recessed into the hillside. The living area is on the lowest level with a giant kitchen that opens out to the deck and western views of the lake. Two smaller bedrooms and bath sit on this level too. Upstairs, the main bedroom looks right out on the lake, with a master bath and closet behind it and a screened in porch to the north, in the overhang.

Up the hill behind the house sits the studio, stacked atop the garage and accessed by a spiral staircase. With views out through three towering pines and treetops, the house does feel like a camp in the woods, or perhaps, a treehouse.

Landscape architect Keith Wagner of Wagner Hodgson in (See Cantilever House, Page 3C

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(Contimued from Page 1C) Burlington kept the landscaping clean and simple, with a focus on the enormous pines that rise at the lake front.

In building what has come to be called the Cantilever House, Mac had to deal with a long narrow lot where an old camp had been, tight setbacks and limited views.

“The cantilever design was a way to maximize the views of the lake,” says architect Jeff McBride who works with Mac at Birdseye. And from the driveway and garage you can see right down to the water. The house’s overhangs also provide a lighted cover for the entrance way, and, most importantly allowed it to extend beyond the original footprint.

“With the garage and apartment above it set high on the hill and then the two floors below it you essentially have three stories that look out on the lake,” McBride notes.

In 2012, when it was completed, the Cantilever House won the highest award in Vermont architecture — the American Institute of Architecture’s Honor Award.

In presenting the award, the jury wrote: “This is a well done minimalist box and sometimes these approaches are hard to do well. The interiors are as clean and well thought out as the exterior. “ Five years later, that “box” remains a supremely functional home that can be locked up for the winter or lived in year-round. The metal sheathing is weather-proof.

The concrete floors (with radiant heat) flow easily out to a concrete deck — all easy to clean with a sweep of a broom. With high-efficiency windows and a “the wood stove that can heat the entire place,” says McBride, it’s a camp that could easily be a year-round home.

And a box that thinks outside the box.

LIVING ON THE EDGE. Perched on the shores of Lake Dunmore, Birdseye designed the Cantilever House to have lake views from nearly every room. Clockwise from above: The (1) garage has a studio overhead, accessed by a spiral staircase, with a (2) small desk and banquette beds. Birdseye designed and built the bed in the master bedroom (3), which looks out on the lake. The (4) master bath features a deep tub. The (5) cantilever overhangs protect the entrance and make a clean visual path linking the garage/studio to the main house. The stainless steel cabinets in the kitchen (6) were built by Birdseye.

The large oval (6&7) table offsets the modern, surfaces and provides dining area with a view. Upstairs, a screened in (8) porch has a breakfast or cocktail nook. The lot’s entrance is from the (9) garage, which sits below the studio.

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HOME + DESIGN Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation welcomes Wood Energy Coordinator MONTPELIER, VT — The Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation (FPR) recently welcomed a new staff member, Emma Hanson, who will serve as Wood Energy Coordinator. She will be tasked with helping to implement the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan’s goal of doubling wood fuel’s share of building heating by 2035. Achieving this goal will help in reducing the State’s dependence on imported heating oil and support forest landowners by providing markets for the products of forest management.

Heating with wood reflects two important Vermont values; supporting our local economy, and being caring stewards of our environment. A healthy forest economy is essential to preserve the woods we love and automatic wood heat represents an excit-

ing new opportunity for an evolving industry.

Historically, wood had a welldeserved reputation as being a dirty fuel that was bad for our health and air quality. Modern techniques in wood burning however have turned wood into a clean burning, local, renewable heating source with system options appropriate for any sized building. Automatic wood pellet boilers allow homeowners to heat locally with the same hands-off convenience as propane or oil boilers. Dozens of schools and institutions across the state have adopted wood chip systems as an affordable alternative to fossil fuels. And for those that prefer the simplicity (and exercise!) from cord wood, EPA certified wood stoves are burning cleaner than ever before. For

more information, visit FPR’s website at http://fpr.vermont.gov/forest/ wood_biomass_energy.

When asked about her new role, Hanson said, “Vermonters care deeply about supporting their local economy and meeting environmental goals. I’m excited to help spread the word about how modern wood heating shares those same ideals. Eat local – heat local.”

Emma will focus on providing outreach and information to potential wood energy users. She is available as a resource for local energy committees, civic groups, organizations, and institutions, as well as individual homeowners, who are interested in exploring their wood heat options. She can be reached at Emma.Hanson@ vermont.gov or 802-622-4187.

Make the most of limited space

(MS) — Downsizing with regard to living space is a trend that has long been associated with empty nesters and senior citizens. As children move out and start families of their own, many homeowners decide to downsize to less expensive, more manageable properties.

But downsizing is not just for seniors anymore. According to a 2017 survey from the popular real estate website Trulia, among homeowners currently living in homes larger than 2,000 square feet, more would choose a smaller home than a larger one if they decided to move this year (60.6 percent to 39.4 percent).

Homeowners who decided to downsize or those who purchased a small property to begin with may need a few pointers to make the most of their limited space.

• Reconsider your furniture. Furniture can make rooms feel cozy, cramped or spacious. For homeowners with limited space in their homes,

furniture that also can be used as storage can save space without sacrificing comfort. For the bedroom, choose a storage bed if the quarters are cramped and it’s difficult to find space for two dressers. Such beds also can be used to store bed linens if closet space is limited. Purchase storage ottomans and/ or end tables with storage beneath to make living areas feel less cramped.

• Discard some items. Homeowners who are downsizing from large homes may need to part with some of their furniture to make their transition to smaller homes go more smoothly.

For example, homeowners may need to get by with just one bedroom nightstand and may even need to replace their existing nightstands with something more compact. Discarding living room end tables and downsizing to a smaller coffee table also can help homeowners make smaller common areas more welcoming and less cluttered.

• Put paint to work. Paint is another

way to make the most of a limited space. Painting certain pieces of furniture the same color as the wall can make the furniture blend in and feel less imposing. The result is a room that feels calm and open, even if there is less space to move around than homeowners might have grown accustomed to in their larger homes.

• Keep surfaces free of clutter. Surfaces such as dining tables, coffee tables and kitchen counters tend to accumulate clutter. While such clutter might not feel overwhelming in a large home, in small spaces crowded surfaces can make it feel as though the walls are closing in. Make an effort to keep surfaces free of clutter, resolving to discard or put items away each night before going to bed.

Many people wish they could live in homes without as much square footage as their existing homes. For those who have downsized, there are many ways to make the most of less living space.

Make it a green winter with these

energy-saving tips

(MS) — Conserving energy is a great way to protect the planet and save money. While energy bills for residents of southern states might be highest in summer thanks to air conditioning units, northern states see the opposite with rising energy bills as temperatures dip below freezing.

However, certain factors around a house can make winter more wasteful and costly than it needs to be.

Energy bills are influenced by a variety of factors, including geography and how energy-efficient a home is.

For example, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average monthly utility bill in Connecticut in 2015 was $153.13, while New Mexico residents paid slightly more than half that amount ($79.23) on average. Homeowners cannot control winter weather, which can greatly affect how much energy homeowners consume between December and March. However, there are other ways for homeowners to curtail their energy consumption and save money throughout winter.

• Address any leaks or drafts. Drafty windows and doorways can make the air inside homes feel warmer in the summer and colder in the winter.

As autumn weather grows colder, homeowners can perform simple inspections around windows and doorways to determine if they have any leaks. On a cold and/or windy day, place a hand near all windows and doors to feel if there are any leaks.

Use caulk or another type of sealant to address leaks so you can keep cold air out and set your thermostat to a reasonable, eco-friendly temperature.

• Inspect air vents, faucets and plumbing fixtures. Air vents, faucets and plumbing fixtures attached to

exterior walls should be inspected for leaks. Such inspections might need to be conducted from outside the home, which can make it more difficult to detect if cold air is entering the home. Look for gaps in the insulation around these areas, filling in those gaps as necessary.

• Inspect heating systems at the start of each new season.

According to EnergyStar.gov, heating systems account for 29 percent of the average homeowner’s energy expenditures. Inspect your heating or HVAC system before the start of winter, making sure all gas or oil connections are operating properly.

Dirty burners and cracked heat exchangers can cause heating units to operate less efficiently and may even pose a safety risk. Inspect the air filter of the heating system at least

once per month, as filters can quickly become dirty during a heavy-use season like winter. Dirty filters cause the system to work harder to keep a home warm, unnecessarily wasting energy as a result.

• Install a Wi-fi enabled programmable thermostat. Some programmable thermostats can be very difficult to use effectively, making it far too difficult if not impossible for homeowners to set their thermostats for various temperatures in a single day. Wi-fi enabled programmable thermostats that allow homeowners to control their heating and cooling systems via their smartphones can be more user-friendly than many other programmable thermostats, ensuring homeowners are saving money and not wasting energy heating empty homes.

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Berlin, VT – A tragic fire in Vermont this week is a sad reminder of the importance of smoke and CO detectors. The Vermont Division of Fire Safety (DFS) is reminding everyone of the importance of having properly installed and maintained smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in the home so future tragedies can be avoided.

The National Fire Protection Association Statistics indicates 85% of all US fire deaths occur in homes, including single family owner occupied homes, oneor two- family dwellings, and apartment buildings. Properly installed and maintained smoke alarms provide critical early warning of a fire, giving people additional time to escape.

Between 2009-2013, smoke alarms sounded in more than half of the home fires reported to US fire departments throughout the country. The death rate per 100 reported home fires was more than twice as high in homes without working smoke

alarms compared to the rate in homes with working smoke alarms. In fires where smoke alarms were present, but did not operate, almost half of the smoke alarms had missing or disconnected batteries. Dead batteries were the cause of onequarter of the smoke alarm failures.

Vermont is no different, most fire deaths occur in single family homes with missing or inoperable smoke alarms. VT DFS urges everyone to make sure smoke alarms are properly installed on every floor level of the home, outside the immediate vicinity of all sleeping rooms, and in each sleeping room. We encourage and require photoelectric type smoke alarms in those buildings we regulate to give you the earliest possible warning of a smoldering fire, typical of a home fire. Every month the smoke alarms need to be tested and accordingly smoke alarms have a shelf-life and should be replaced every 10 years – at most.

Throughout the country residential type sprinkler systems are becoming the most notable fire safety protection feature available to protect human life.

Home sprinkler systems are becoming more affordable and can extinguish a fire, stopping its spread and preventing flashover from occurring, cutting the risk of dying in a fire by over 80%.

In addition to having working smoke alarms and a residential sprinkler system, another important element is to have a fire evacuation plan that is shared with the family and practiced.

Stay out: once out do not re-enter a burning building and make sure you have two ways of out of every room.

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Reduce cold-weather fire risk

(MS) — Plenty of things heat up when the temperature drops, including the risk for fire hazards. Fireplaces, stoves, heating systems, candles, and even electric lights are used more often during the winter than any other time of year, so it makes sense that the risk of home fires increases when the mercury drops.

The U.S. Fire Administration says 905 people die in winter home fires each year. Cooking is the leading cause of all home fires and contributes to around $2 billion in property loss each year. Understanding potential risks and exercising caution can help homeowners protect themselves, their families and their homes from fire.

COOKING Home heating fires peak between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., when many people are home preparing dinner. The following steps, courtesy of the American Red Cross, can improve safety in the kitchen and reduce the likelihood of a home fire.

• Never leave cooking food unattended, as it can take just seconds for fires to ignite.

• Keep anything that can catch fire away from the stove or other appliances that generate heat.

• Clean regularly to prevent grease buildup.

• Make sure appliances are turned off before leaving the room or going to bed.

HEATING The National Fire Protection Association warns that heating is the second leading cause of home f i r e s ,

deaths and injuries in the United States. The NFPA offers these safety guidelines.

• Install heating appliances according to manufacturers’ instructions or have a professional do the installation.

• Fuel-burning equipment needs to vent to the outside.

• Never use an oven to heat a home.

• Keep anything that can burn

away from heating equipment, including portable space heaters.

• Clean and inspect heating appliances regularly.

• Turn off portable heaters when leaving the room or going to bed.

ELECTRIC The National Safety Council estimates that between 600 and 1,000 people die each year from electrocution. Electricity also can contribute to home fires.

The Energy Education Council offers these safety suggestions.

• Never force plugs into outlets.

• Check that cords are not frayed or cracked.

Do not run cords under carpets or place them in hightraffic areas.

• Use extension cords only on a temporary basis.

• Make sure light bulbs are the proper wattage for fixtures.

• Install ground fault circuit interrupters in kitchens, baths, laundry rooms, and elsewhere, making sure to test them regularly.

• Check periodically for loose wall receptacles and loose wires. Listen for popping or sizzling sounds behind walls.

Home fires are no joke and can be prevented with simple safety checks.

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HOME + DESIGN What is meant by a ‘smart home?’

Refrigerators that inform their owners when it’s time to buy more eggs and thermostats that learn homeowners’ heating and cooling preferences may once have seemed like futuristic ideas straight out of a sci-fi movie. However, such products are no longer a dream but a reality.

The term “smart home” refers to a residence that has appliances, HVAC, lighting, entertainment systems, security, and many more devices that communicate with one another.

Such devices can be controlled remotely, according to SmartHomeUSA, an automation product retailer.

Proponents of smart home technology say features can help people save money on utilities and conserve natural resources, all the while providing peace of mind to homeowners.

In 2016, 80 million smart home devices were delivered worldwide.

That marks a 64 percent increase from 2015, according to the research data firm IHS Markit. The smart home trend is only expected to grow in coming years.

Although there’s interest in smart home technology, the industry remains fragmented.

Consumers are trying to figure out which devices are simply fun and which provide practical benefits.

Furthermore, the range of smart devices is expanding rapidly, making potential compatibility issues a concern. Companies that plan to educate consumers further about the advan-

tages of smart home features and are open to standardization may have the best chances of survival.

Those interested in dabbling in some smart home technology and testing the waters may want to start with the following household items.

• Smart bulbs: Manufacturers offer various types of smart light bulbs. Some are color-changing, others react to doorbells or alarms, and others can simulate typical lighting patterns when homeowners are away. Integrated apps enable remote

access to scheduling so people can arrive home to a well-lit house.

• Home security: Wi-Fi enabled doorbells with video capabilities allow residents to see who is at the door without having to open it. Cameras can even be accessed remotely, simulating that someone is at home at all times.

Never wonder if you’ve locked the door again with smart locks that can be engaged via a smartphone.

Make sure that homes are secured or that pets are behaving while out with

smart cameras.

• Flood sensor: Get peace of mind against damaging floods with Wi-Fi flood sensors.

• Appliances: A new breed of smart appliances can make it possible for users to turn on the washing machine while out of the house, close refrigerator doors from afar or even start their vacuum cleaners remotely.

Smart technology is taking over and is likely to continue changing the way people live and work.

What to do next when a project stalls

(MS) — Upon embarking on a home improvement project, homeowners who have never before lived through such undertakings are often told to expect their projects to take more time than initial estimates suggested.

Unforeseen complications can compromise project timelines, and some homeowners may find their projects stuck in neutral.

Stalled projects can make life at home difficult, and homeowners may feel helpless with regard to getting a project back on course. But there are ways for homeowners to get stalled projects back on course.

• Start off on solid financial footing.

It’s important that homeowners who want to upgrade their homes enter the home improvement process with a realistic grasp of their finances. Many home improvement projects stall when homeowners run out of money.

Homeowners can avoid such unfortunate situations by only beginning a project they know they can afford. Whether funding a project with a loan or savings or a combination of both, homeowners should make an honest assessment of what they can afford to commit to a given project.

If the amount of money available

does not add up to the estimated cost of the project, delay the project now or you might be facing a stalled project down the road.

• Honestly assess whether or not you can finish the job.

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yourselfers may have the abilities to complete a project, but they should not let their pride get in the way of their ultimate goal, which is the completion of the project.

In addition to money, time or lack

thereof, is often the culprit behind stalled projects.

Homeowners with full-time jobs, families or both may not be able to find the time to complete a job in a timely fashion. If the project has b e e n stuck i n

neut r a l and no s u d d e n windfall of free time is on the horizon, start contacting contractors to finish the job for you.

• Ask for help.

There’s no shame in asking for

help to complete a project. Some homeowners may underestimate the scope of a project until it’s too late.

Asking family, friends or neighbors for help might be the only way to get a stalled project back on track.

Certain home improvement projects may not require advanced skills, and even friends or family with little or no home improvement experience can pitch in to complete such projects.

When more advanced projects stall, homeowners may want to hire contractors to complete the work. If budgets have not left much room for hiring a contractor, homeowners can perform some of the labor on their own.

• Be mindful of permits.

Some home improvement projects require permits, and these permits often have expiration dates. Homeowners must keep permits in mind when projects start to stall, recognizing that they may need to reapply for permits if projects go unfinished for especially long periods of time.

Stalled home improvement projects can be a nightmare. But homeowners can address such delays in various ways to get projects back on track.

Custom millwork can add appeal and a classic feel (MS) — Homeowners are discovering that architectural accents can go a long way toward improving both the look and value of their homes. When renovating a space, the term “millwork” may be mentioned by designers and contractors. While it might be a mystery to some, millwork can give rooms unique looks.

Millwork refers to items traditionally made from raw lumber in a sawmill. Examples of millwork include crown molding, base trims, door frames, window casings, chair rails, and paneling. Cabinets may also classify as millwork.

Used for both decoration and to increase the functionality of buildings, millwork comes in various types.

Generally, millwork is fabricated in two ways. Stock millwork tends to be mass-produced commercial items. These low-cost items are interchangeable and may be widely available at retailers, including home improvement centers.

Custom millwork is a product that is custom designed and produced for individuals and special building projects. Sometimes referred to as “architectural millwork,” these pieces may be more ornate and madeto-order. Homeowners who want to match a focal point of a home or an existing style often turn to custom millwork.

Between the 15th and 18th centuries, ornate millwork was largely reserved for royalty or the very wealthy. Skilled carpenters would hand carve each piece, taking weeks

to finish most projects.

Eventually, millwork became more commonplace. Distinguishing one property from another today could mean turning back to the more distinctive designs of the past.

Homeowners looking for ways to enhance their properties can embrace millwork to achieve a luxury feel without a sizable investment.

The first step is to choose millwork that will coordinate with the era and style of a home’s existing decor. Ornate millwork in an overly modern house may seem out of place. The millwork should match the architectural theme of the home.

Although some do-it-yourselfers can successfully install prefabricated millwork, for custom designs and a truly seamless look, it is important to have millwork professionally installed. Individuals should research carpenters who specialize in millwork and verify their license and reputation through a consumer protection agency.

Popular types of millwork include crown molding, corbels, wainscotting, and custom bookcases. Homeowners may not realize that millwork can be added to spaces of all sizes to give them an air of sophistication.

Although millwork was traditionally formed from hardwoods, ecofriendly homeowners can now find millwork crafted from synthetic materials and even reclaimed woods.

Millwork can add that special touch to the interior or exterior of a home.

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A TREE HOUSE. Set among the trees, the black and white palette helps the Cantilever House recede quietly into the surrounding hillsides. Architect/builder Brian Mac of Birdseye in Huntington won the highest award in Vermont for this stunning and functional design. Landscape architect Keith Wagner, of Wagner Hodgson in Burlingotn, worked with existing trees and kept the landscape clean and simple, in keeping with the bold lines of the house.

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(MS) — Using reclaimed timber when building or renovating a home benefits the environment in various ways.

According to GreenBusinessWatch.org, building and renovating with reclaimed timber helps to preserve forests by greatly reducing the need to cut down trees. In addition, when using reclaimed timber to build or renovate a home, contractors and homeowners tend to use locally sourced reclaimed wood, reducing the need to transport wood from afar to complete the projects. That reduced reliance on transportation reduces fuel consumption and air pollution.

Processing reclaimed timber is often less taxing on the environment than processing virgin wood. However, reclaimed timber may

provide more than just environmental benefits.

Virgin timber typically comes from commercially grown trees that are not always afforded enough time to reach full maturity. Timber that is reclaimed from old buildings and vessels may very well have reached full maturity before it was cut down to use as building material.

Reclaimed timber that grew to full maturity is likely stronger than virgin wood taken from commercially grown trees that were not given enough time to mature. Reclaimed timber also may prove more durable than virgin wood because the former has already dried out after years of contracting and expanding, making it less likely to warp and split than virgin wood that has yet to endure such exposure.

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Bring more warmth to your home this fall

(StatePoint) — With the shorter days and cooler nights of fall can come the urge to hibernate. But first prepare yourself and your home for the season with these cozy and warm accents that will make time spent indoors cozier.

1. Incorporate Metallic Décor.

While you’re breaking out the pumpkins, cornstalks and cornucopias, take a different approach this season and incorporate copper or brass accents. These metallic items will elevate décor, and the orange and yellow tones will complement the changing leaves outside. Try picking out a unique candelabra or vase or small decorative pieces to style the room.

2. Makeover the Fireplace.

Fireplace season is on the horizon, so start thinking about new ways to make it the focal point of a room. Try painting it with a subtle whitewash for a look that will instantly revive brick and brighten the space. Before you get started, prep the fireplace by

scrubbing brick with a wire brush to remove any residue. Then, tape off any areas you don’t want painted, to prevent paint bleed and achieve professional-looking results.

3. Layer, Layer, Layer.

Bare floors can make your home feel chilly. Warm up a space by layering area rugs on hardwood floors or to an already carpeted area. Not only will this add color and texture to a room, the extra cushioning will ensure feet avoid the cold, so you can keep your slippers tucked away.

4. Update the Guest Bedroom.

With the holidays on the horizon, there’s no better time to give your guest bedroom a cozy update.

Surprise overnight guests by painting the room a moody green or blue that is on trend and sets a relaxing tone. Don’t forget to incorporate little touches like books or a plant on the nightstand to make them feel at home.

5. Update Window Coverings.

Heavy drapes keep out drafts and

make a room feel luxurious. Switch out summer sheers for curtains with a heavier weight, or layer drapes for an elegant look.

6. Don’t Underestimate the Power of White Paint.

Vibrant doesn’t always have to mean using bold colors. Make a space feel brand new again by repainting wood trim a crisp white color. It may seem like a tedious task, but with a little effort, you can completely transform a room.

Start by filling in any imperfections, sanding and cleaning the surfaces to be painted. Then, you’ll want to tape off the wall next to the trim so your handiwork looks like that of a professional and allows you to achieve the sharpest paint lines possible. When painting trim, opt for a semi-gloss paint to make elements stand out.

Grab your pumpkin spice latte and start adding little touches like these to your home, for a cozy and stylish season.

Tackle these 5 projects this fall

(StatePoint) — Fall is the perfect time to complete those pesky home maintenance projects left on your to do list. If you’ve been putting off these chores, you’re not alone, but it could cost you. In fact, a national survey from Erie Insurance shows many Americans are putting themselves and their homes at financial risk by delaying important home maintenance tasks.

Make sure you’re protected by focusing on these five areas: • The Roof Twenty-three percent of homeowners admit they never inspect their roof or have it inspected unless there is a problem. Unfortunately, replacing a roof is also one of the biggest expenses a homeowner may have if not maintained properly. Nationally, the average homeowner spends about $6,600 to install a new roof, but prices can soar upwards of $20,000.

Don’t be stuck with a hefty roof repair bill. Have it inspected to see if any shingles are damaged and need to be replaced. The fall season is the optimal time to do so, since roofing is best installed when temperatures are cooler. Plus,

you’ll catch any problems before winter weather kicks in.

• The Gutters Make sure downspouts drain away from the foundation and are clear of debris. Clogged gutters can lead to major issues like uneven floors, cracks in walls and interior water damage. This type of claim, also known as seepage, is a maintenance issue and often not covered under your home insurance policy. To prevent any major issues, clean gutters at least twice a year in fall and spring.

• The Dryer Exhaust Duct Does it take you two to three cycles to dry a load of laundry?

If so, you may need to clean your dryer vent. One in five (21 percent) admit they never clean their clothes dryer ducts, unless they have a problem. But lint build-up can catch fire easily. Over 15,000 dryer fires occurred nationwide from 2010-2014, with the majority being ignited by dust, fiber and lint, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Avoid this disaster with a thorough cleaning at least once a year.

• The Fireplace Chimney

Nearly half (46 percent) of people who own a home with a fireplace never have their chimneys cleaned. However, uncleaned chimneys are a leading cause of structure fires, reports the National Fire Protection Association. So, get the chimney cleaned before the cold weather hits and you find yourself tossing logs in the hearth to keep the house toasty, and then have it cleaned annually.

• The Sump Pump and Pit Sump pumps remove excess water from homes that would otherwise cause property damage. It’s important to clean a sump pump and its pit annually to keep basements dry and help prevent mold growth and water damage. Do this maintenance project in fall to help protect against heavy rainfalls and accumulated melting snow and ice of winter.

Now that you have your checklist, it’s time to roll up your sleeves while it’s still nice outside. Whether you’re a DIYer or prefer hiring a professional, crossing these projects off your to-do list will help ensure you’re safe and secure before temperatures drop.

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(MS) — According to the U.S. Department of Energy, well-designed landscapes can save homeowners enough energy to make the projects pay for themselves in less than eight years.

The DOE notes that homeowners’ landscaping strategies should be dictated by the climates in which they live. For example, homeowners who live in hot, arid regions should employ landscapes to shade their homes’ walls, windows and roof, while those who live in cool regions should make sure their landscapes are not blocking the winter sun from reaching their homes’ south-facing windows.

The DOE also advises that shading is the most cost-effective way to reduce solar heat

gain in a home, noting that well-planned landscapes can reduce previously unshaded homes’ air conditioning costs by as much as 50 percent. In tree-shaded neighborhoods, summer daytime air temperature can be up to six degrees cooler than the air temperature in treeless areas.

Homeowners considering adding trees to their landscapes should know that deciduous trees shed their leaves annually, which means they will block solar heat in the summer but allow sunlight into the home in winter. That’s ideal for homeowners who live in regions where temperatures climb in summertime but drop considerably in winter. Homeowners who want year-round shade might consider evergreen trees and shrubs.

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Chimney maintenance should be a part of home safety

(MS) — As temperatures drop and thoughts once again turn to lighting fires and sitting down with a good book, it’s important to revisit chimney maintenance.

Even though chimneys do not require daily upkeep, regular maintenance efforts help chimneys operate safely and prevent deaths and injuries while protecting homes from fire.

Various problems can arise when chimneys are not well maintained. Such problems include

chimney fires, carbon monoxide poisoning and early failure of the chimney and heating sources that the chimney vents.

Carbon monoxide can be scary, as it is virtually invisible without a proper detector. The National Vital Statistics System says that, in 2015, 393 deaths resulted from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States. When carbon monoxide is breathed in, it builds up quickly and combines with the blood, re-

ducing the blood’s ability to carry oxygen. The Canada Safety Council says that body tissue and cells can’t function without oxygen.

Chimney fires are another potential byproduct of poor chimney maintenance. The Chimney Safety Institute of America notes that chimneys expel the byproducts of combustion, including smoke, water vapor, gases, unburned wood particles, hydrocarbon, tar fog, and assorted minerals, which can condense on the inside of the

chimney flue. The residue, called creosote, is highly combustible.

With the right conditions, a chimney fire can occur.

To avoid chimney fires and other risks, take these precautions, courtesy of CSIA, HomeAdvisor and Popular Mechanics.

• Have chimneys inspected annually and properly cleaned by a professional chimney technician.

• Make sure tree branches and other obstacles are cleared away from the top of the chimney.

• Use seasoned hardwoods that have been split for several months to a year. “Green” wood creates more creosote.

• The top-down method of building a fire produces less smoke.

This means using larger pieces of wood on the bottom and the smallest twigs and kindling at the top.

The fire will burn from the top and down, igniting the wood beneath as it goes.

• Put a cap on the chimney to keep out rain, snow and small ani-

mals.

• Keep fires small; otherwise, the intense heat may damage bricks and mortar in the chimney.

Repair any damage promptly before lighting another fire.

• Open the damper and fireplace doors so that air supply flows freely and can vent the smoke promptly, reducing residence time in the flue; otherwise, creosote can form.

• Install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms throughout the home and routinely check the batteries.

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Contemplating antiques?

Here’s how to buy (MS) — Antique furnishings, decor, coins, and toys remain popular among consumers. Unlike the mass-produced merchandise of today, antiques have history, and their endurance through decades, if not centuries, is a testament to the quality craftsmanship and materials used to create these often timeless pieces.

Antiques also might be more affordable than many shoppers think. Savvy shoppers may find mid-range “brown furniture,” which constitutes some antique wood pieces, more affordable than reproductions. Homeowners and apartment dwellers who want their rooms to stand apart often rely on antiques to provide a unique ambiance.

Antique shopping also is a “green” endeavor. Antiquing is an eco-friendly practice, putting to use items that have been recycled and reused.

Antiques also can be a good investment, as they generally retain their value while adding texture, contrast and personality to any room of the house.

Understanding antiques can take time, but even the novice can develop an eye for pieces that strike their fancy. And thanks to the wealth of information about collectibles and antiques available online, shoppers have constant access to information about antiques at their fingertips.

Shoppers may even be able to comparison shop on their mobile phones.

Mid-range antiques can be particularly easy to buy thanks to the available inventory. Novices may want to begin by exploring mid-range antiques. As they gain more knowledge and expertise, shoppers who covet antiques can move on to high-end pieces that are more expensive. Some antiques are put in the same category as fine artwork and are considered just as valuable.

Another reason to browse and shop antiques is to learn about the value of similar items homeowners may already own. For those looking to downsize a collection or simply liquidate an estate, antiquing is a great way to get hands-on experience.

Rummaging through antique stores or markets can be a relaxing experience as well. And many antique enthusiasts find shopping for antiques is like a treasure hunt to find that coveted piece and unearth a bit of history in the process.

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HOME + DESIGN Must-have kitchen remodel features (MS) — Homeowners looking to renovate often see room for improvement in their kitchens and bathrooms. The National Association of Home Builder’s Remodeling Market Index Survey, which measures conditions in the remodeling market, indicates that, in 2015, the two most common remodeling jobs were bathroom remodels (81 percent) and kitchen remodels (79 percent). According to HGTV and Statistics Brain, a new kitchen remodel for a kitchen measuring 12 by 12 feet may cost homeowners anywhere from $17,000 to $37,000.

Before investing so much into

their remodeling projects, homeowners should think carefully about the features that will improve their time spent at home. When planning a kitchen renovation, homeowners may want to consider the following upgrades to make the room more enjoyable while improving its functionality.

OVERSIZED SINK Although high-efficiency dishwashers are popular, deep sinks to soak soup pots or woks are still useful. Deep sinks may be preferable to double sinks, especially for homeowners who use lots of kitchen tools when preparing meals.

SOFT-CLOSING HINGES When replacing cabinets (or just the hardware), consider installing soft-closing hinges and slides on doors and drawers. These devices eliminate slamming and caught fingers, reducing noise and injuries in the kitchen.

FOOT-PEDAL WATER OPERATION When outfitting a sink, think about foot controls, which are popular in doctors’ offices and hospitals. Turning on the water with the tap of a foot can reduce the transfer of pathogens to faucets from hands during food preparation. These pedals also free up hands for other tasks.

EXTRA LIGHTING A kitchen should be a balance of form and function. A combination of overhead lighting, decorative lighting and task lighting can illuminate all areas of the space effectively.

APPLIANCE GARAGES Architectural and design resource Houzz says that appliance garages are popular kitchen additions, too.

Set at countertop level, these cabinets allow people to keep small appliances plugged in but tucked neatly behind closed doors.

Kitchen remodels are a sizable investment, and renovations can be customized to make the kitchen more hospitable for all in residence.

BOTTOM’S UP People likely spend more time raiding the refrigerator than the freezer on any given day. Rather than having to bend down to seek out that favorite flavor of Greek yogurt, choose a model with the fridge on top and freezer on the bottom, especially if anyone in the household has mobility issues. When shopping for refrigerators, French-door style units may offer even more access, making it easy for homeowners to slide fruit trays, sheet cakes and other large items into the fridge.

Make rooms serve double duty (MS) — Many homes do not have space for guest rooms, kids’ play areas and home theater lounges that are possible in homes with substantial square footage. But they may not be missing out at all.

While large homes remain popular, many people are embracing the benefits of smaller residences.

Small homes help homeowners save money, require less maintenance, have smaller environmental impact, and reduce the temptation to accumulate “stuff.”

Owners of small homes or apartments can still enjoy the benefits of larger spaces, they just need to equip rooms to perform double duty.

LIVING ROOM/GUEST ROOM Entertaining guests is easier when there’s a dedicated space where visitors can feel at home.

When furnishing a living room, keep the guest room in mind. A

sofa that opens up to a bed or a convertible sectional can be a comfortable place for guests to lay their heads. Side tables provide guests with places to store their belongings, and an empty storage chest can house bed linens or guests’ clothing.

DEN/PLAYROOM Children tend to accumulate toys and games. And as kids grow from children to young adults, their list of must-have items — from video gaming systems to other electronics — grows along with them.

Storage can make a room functional for both adults and children.

Devote an entire wall to a closet or drawer system where toys can be stored out of sight when necessary.

Storage ottomans can be used for extra seating while also providing somewhere for homeowners to stash stuffed animals or games for easy access.

When choosing furniture, look

for fabrics that are resistant to stains and modular pieces that can be moved around as necessary to create room for playing or entertaining.

BEDROOM/HOME OFFICE In 2015, 24 percent of employed people in the United States did some or all of their work at home, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Bringing work home means men and women will need a space to work.

In tight quarters, bedrooms may be the only available area. An armoire-style desk will blend in with the decor and can hide paperwork and electronics behind doors. Otherwise, a makeup vanity can serve the dual purpose of providing a place to get ready for a night out and a ready space to house a laptop during the day.

In smaller homes, homeowners may be forced to turn rooms into dual purpose areas.

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HOME + DESIGN Fall lawn care tips

(MS) — Spring and summer may be the seasons most often associated with landscaping and lawn care, but tending to lawns and gardens is a year-round job. If lawn and garden responsibilities dip considerably in winter, then fall is the last significant chance before the new year that homeowners will have to address the landscaping around their homes.

Fall lawn care differs from spring and summer lawn care, even if the warm temperatures of summer linger into autumn.

Homeowners who want their lawns to thrive year-round can take advantage of the welcoming weather of fall to address any existing or potential issues.

• Keep mowing, but adjust how you mow. It’s important that homeowners continue to mow their lawns so long as grass is growing. But as fall transitions into winter, lower the blades so the grass is cut shorter while remaining mindful that no blade of grass should ever be trimmed by more than one-third. Lowering the blades will allow more sunlight to reach the grass in the months ahead.

• Remove leaves as they fall. Much like apple-picking and foliage, raking leaves is synonymous with fall. Some homeowners may wait to pick up a rake until all of the trees on their properties are bare.

However, allowing fallen leaves to sit on the ground for extended periods of time can have an adverse effect on grass.

Leaves left to sit on the lawn may ultimately suffocate the grass by forming an impenetrable wall that deprives the lawn of sunlight and oxygen. The result

is dead grass and possibly even fungal disease.

Leaves may not need to be raked every day, but homeowners should periodically rake and remove leaves from their grass, even if there are plenty left to fall still hanging on the trees.

• Repair bald spots. Summer exacts a toll on lawns in various ways, and even homeowners with green thumbs may end up with a lawn filled with bald spots come September. Autumn is a great time to repair these bald spots.

Some lawn repair mixes contain mulch, seed and fertilizer to repair bald spots, which can begin to recover in as little as a week. Before applying such products, remove dead grass and loosen the top few inches of soil. Follow any additional manufacturer instructions as well.

• Aerate the turf. Aerating reduces soil compacting, facilitating the delivery of fertilizer and water to a lawn’s roots.

While many homeowners, and particularly those who take pride in tending to their own lawns, can successfully aerate their own turf, it’s best to first have soil tested so you know which amendments to add after the ground has been aerated.

Gardening centers and home improvement stores sell soil testing kits that measure the pH of soil, but homeowners who want to test for nutrients or heavy metals in their soil may need to send their samples to a lab for further testing.

Fall lawn care provides a great reason to spend some time in the yard before the arrival of winter.

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HOME + DESIGN Bold colors

add vitality to homes (MS) — Whether it’s Independence Day, St. Patrick’s Day or the holiday season, the bold hues that are synonymous with these events add a splash of color to rooms that can use a little design lift.

While some colors may be synonymous with certain times of year, homeowners can employ bold colors in their homes all year long. By embracing bold painting and decorating styles, homeowners can use fresh color palettes to make rooms more inviting and colorful.

These popular color combinations can provide inspiration.

GREEN AND PINK Colors on opposite ends of the color wheel will always complement each other. Green paired with pink (a lighter shade of green’s opposite, red) calls to mind the great outdoors. These hues can add a touch of floral spring sunshine even when that season has long since passed. Opt for a deep green and a carnation pink for maximum impact. And don’t forget a vase full of fresh blooms as the finishing factor.

LAVENDER AND DEEP BLUE Analogous colors are three colors that sit side-by-side on the color wheel and share a common denominator in terms of shade. Lavender, blue and an orchid pink are examples of such hues. This

cool, regal combination can add femininity to a bedroom or even drama to another space in the house. If painting the walls dark blue or lavender seems scary, opt for a neutral shade on walls and then dress up the space with inky and violet accents.

TURQUOISE AND BRICK RED Enhance the “wow” factor with these bold colors. Although they are striking, when they work together, they also can impart a soothing feel, particularly since they are often inspired by Asian influences. Feature a light turquoise sofa with red throw pillows. Or dress up meals with a red tablecloth on the dining table and turquoise, white and red, patterned place mats.

GRAY AND YELLOW Yellow is a pick-me-up color any time of the year, but, when combined with a gray, it’s toned down to be soothing instead of startling. This color combination is popular in kitchens, nurseries and entryways. Have fun in the kitchen with mottled gray stone countertops, pale yellow walls and canary café curtains.

Color can affect mood and transform spaces with just a small investment of time and money. Homeowners can experiment with color palettes so rooms remain vibrant all year long.

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FREE ON-SITE EVALUATIONS Bristol Electronics installed our 20 panels quickly, efficiently, courteously and just the way we wanted them. Our roof is a difficult one due to our post-andbeam construction, but nevertheless, the crew was friendly, informative and just great people. Then even in the cloud cover, we began immediately to generate electricity! Furthermore (and most importantly for others deciding to install solar), the price was fair, competitive and honest. If we had another home, I’d want them to put the solar panels on that one, too! We recommend solar and Bristol Electronics without reservation!

Lawrence & Cynthia Jones ~ South Starksboro Bristol Electronics designed and installed a photovoltaic system on our house in New Haven.

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Bristol Electronics is the best! They scheduled an on-site visit within days of my call, had a price a week later and started work a week after that. They were finished in a matter of days and since I had a free standing array they even raked and seeded the area around the panels. they get top marks in everything and their customer service is beyond excellent. I highly recommend them if you want the best job for the best price!

Lani Nichols – Goshen, Vt

“We want to thank Dave and everyone at Bristol Electronics for our new solar installation. It looks great on the roof. We had talked to your installers at a job they were doing up the road from us. They were extremely friendly and very willing to answer our questions. We had been thinking of solar and our visit with them cinched it. Dave came out to see our house, collect the information he needed, and explain how everything would work. The installation was so fast.

Just love watching the arrow on the meter go the other way!

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